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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.   ,,#,#,,,##
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#,#,,,,###    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.           ,,###,#,#,
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#,#,####,#      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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,,##,,,,,,    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.     ###,#####,
,#,#,,####                                          #,,##,,,,#
#####,#,,,   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.               ,#,#,,,#,,
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##,###,,##        THE GROUND WAS STICKY, RED.       ##,,,#,#,#
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#,#,#,####   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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