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,#,#,#,#,,         * MIRAGE CLASS GOTH GF *         ,,##,###,,
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,,,,#,##,#  I USED TO BE A GOTH, IN MY YOUTH, DOING ##,,#,#,##
,,,###,### CRIMES MOSTLY FROM OR IN MY BELOVED AND  ,#,#####,#
,,#,,##,,#  TRUSTED CAR, AND SOMETIMES MY MOTHERS   ###,,,,###
,##,#,#,##    BARN. WE LIVED JUST OUTSIDE TOWN, A   ,,#,,,#,,#
#,######,#   GROVE AT THE END OF A DIRT ROAD, AND   ,##,,##,##
##,,,,,###  THE BARN WAS PLACED SO YOU COULD JUST   #,#,#,##,,
,#,,,,#,,, MAKE OUT THE SURROUNDING FIELDS THROUGH  ######,#,#
##,,,##,,#                THE TREES.                ,,,,,#####
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##,######,    MY CAR WAS BLACK AND LOUD, BOTH THE   ,,,##,,,,,
,##,,,,,##   ENGINE AND THE WAY THE PARTS DIDN'T    ,,#,#,,,,#
#,#,,,,#,,     REALLY STICK TOGETHER. I TOOK MY     ,####,,,##
###,,,##,#  CRIMEFRIEND FOR RIDES, IN THE DARK, THE #,,,#,,#,,
,,#,,#,##,   ETERNAL DARK THAT SEEMED TO SURROUND   #,,##,##,#
,##,###,#,   US. SHE SEEMED TO CAST THIS VEIL OVER  #,#,##,###
#,##,,####  EVERYTHING. HER BLACK SKIRT REACHED TO  ####,##,,#
##,#,#,,,#   HER KNEES BUT THEN SOMEHOW ALSO BACK   ,,,##,#,#,
,#####,,##   AROUND, ENVELOPING ALL MY MEMORIES OF  ,,#,######
#,,,,#,#,#            OUR TIME TOGETHER.            ,###,,,,,#
#,,,######                                          #,,#,,,,#,
#,,#,,,,,#   THERE WAS BLOOD EVERYWHERE. SOMETIMES  #,##,,,###
#,##,,,,#,  THE BLOOD WAS HER RED LIPSTICK OR HER   ##,#,,#,,,
##,#,,,##, CHECKERED SHIRT. SHE WAS ON TELEVISION.  ,###,##,,#
,###,,#,##      WE DID CRIME, AND WE MADE WEIRD     #,,##,#,#,
#,,#,###,, STRUCTURES IN THE BARN, TALL PILLARS OF  #,#,#####,
#,###,,#,,  DARK WOOD, LADDERS AND PLATEAUS, FIRES  ####,,,,##
##,,#,##,,  AND FAIRY LIGHTS. WE WOULD SLEEP THERE  ,,,#,,,#,,
,#,###,#,,  AND DRINK THERE AND SHE WOULD GO IN THE ,,##,,##,#
###,,###,#                TELEVISION.               ,#,#,#,###
,,#,#,,##,                                          #######,,,
,####,#,## AND THEN THE SUN CAME OUT, AND SHE WENT  ,,,,,,#,,,
#,,,####,#  AWAY. EVERYTHING CHANGED... I YEARNED,  ,,,,,##,,,
#,,#,,,##,   AND THE WORLD BECAME DULL AROUND ME.   ,,,,#,#,,#
#,##,,#,#,                                          ,,,####,#,
##,#,#####    I STOPPED DOING CRIME, EXCEPT WHEN    ,,#,,,####
,####,,,,,  NECESSARRY. THINGS SOMEHOW SEEMED LIKE  ,##,,#,,,,
#,,,#,,,,#  THEY WERE ALLRIGHT, MOULDED IN PLACE,   #,#,##,,,,
#,,##,,,#,   AND I LOATHED IT ------ I MISSED HER   ####,#,,,#
#,#,#,,###                 SO MUCH.                 ,,,###,,#,
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,#,##,#,,#                                          ,####,#,,,
###,###,##  I SEARCHED FOR HER, BUT NOBODY HAD ANY  #,,,###,,,
,,##,,##,#    MEMORIES OF HER. NOT SO MUCH OF ME    #,,#,,#,,#
,#,#,#,###  EITHER, FROM THE TIME WE WERE TOGETHER. #,##,##,##
#######,,,  MY MOTHER SAID I KEPT TO MYSELF IN THE  ##,##,##,#
,,,,,,#,,,           BARN, OR IN THE CAR.           ,##,##,##,
,,,,,##,,#                                          #,##,##,#,
,,,,#,#,##      SOMETIMES I COULD STILL SEE HER     ##,##,###,
,,,#####,,    FLASHING BY ON THE TV IN THE BARN.    ,##,##,,#,
,,#,,,,#,,     EVERYTHING WAS BLACK THEN, FOR A     #,##,#,##,
,##,,,##,# MOMENT. I REMEMBERED HER LAUGH AND KNEW  ##,####,#,
#,#,,#,##,   WE HAD DONE CRIMES TOGETHER, THAT IT   ,##,,,###,
###,###,##             HAD BEEN REAL...             #,#,,#,,##
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########,#            =====^^, ,^^=====             ,#,##,,#,,
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,,,,,,#,,#                                          ,,####,###
,,,,,##,##    I DIED BY GETTING SHOT IN THE HEAD    ,#,,,##,,#
,,,,#,##,#   WHILE RAMMING THE FENCE TO A MILITARY  ##,,#,#,##
,,,###,###   FACILITY. BY THIS TIME THEY HAD BEEN   ,#,#####,#
,,#,,##,,#    CHASING ME FOR DAYS. I LOST CONTROL   ###,,,,###
,##,#,#,##   OVER THE CAR, CRASHED IT INTO A ROCK   ,,#,,,#,,#
#,######,#    WALL AND FLEW OUT THE WINDSHIELD.     ,##,,##,##
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,#,,,,#,,,   AND THEN I GOT UP, AND LOOKED AROUND.  ######,#,#
##,,,##,,#   IT WAS DARK, WHERE IT PREVIOUSLY HAD   ,,,,,#####
,#,,#,#,#,    BEEN A BRIGHT DAY. AROUND ME WHERE    ,,,,#,,,,,
##,######,   DOZENS OF CRASHED CARS, ALL MY CAR,    ,,,##,,,,,
,##,,,,,##              SOME ON FIRE.               ,,#,#,,,,#
#,#,,,,#,,                                          ,####,,,##
###,,,##,#        THE GROUND WAS STICKY, RED.       #,,,#,,#,,
,,#,,#,##,                                          #,,##,##,#
,##,###,#,   AND THEN I REALIZED THAT I KNEW THIS   #,#,##,###
#,##,,####     DARKNESS. I KNEW THE WAY THE SKY     ####,##,,#
##,#,#,,,# TOUCHED THE GROUND. THIS WAS HER DOING!  ,,,##,#,#,
,#####,,##              SHE WAS HERE!               ,,#,######
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