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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. ,,,,,,,,^~
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=^~^,,,,,, 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. ,,,,^~^=*§
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=^~^,,,,,, 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. ,,^~^=*§@#
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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. ,,,,,,^~^=
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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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