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##@#@$*=,, $ $ ,,=*$@#@##
#@#@$$*=,, $ MIRAGE CLASS GOTH GF $ ,,=*$$@#@#
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##@#@$*=,, I USED TO BE A GOTH, IN MY YOUTH, DOING ,,=*$@#@##
@@#@$$*=,, CRIMES MOSTLY FROM OR IN MY BELOVED AND ,,=*$$@#@@
#@#@$$*=,, TRUSTED CAR, AND SOMETIMES MY MOTHERS ,,=*$$@#@#
#@$$*,,,,, BARN. WE LIVED JUST OUTSIDE TOWN, A ,,,,,*$$@#
@@$$**=,,, GROVE AT THE END OF A DIRT ROAD, AND ,,,=**$$@@
@@@@$$*=,, THE BARN WAS PLACED SO YOU COULD JUST ,,=*$$@@@@
###@$$*=,, MAKE OUT THE SURROUNDING FIELDS THROUGH ,,=*$$@###
@@$$$$*=,, THE TREES. ,,=*$$$$@@
#@#@$$*=,, ,,=*$$@#@#
#@@@$$*=,, 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 ,,=$$@#@##
@@$*,,,,,, TELEVISION. ,,,,,,*$@@
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#@#@$$*=,, AND THEN THE SUN CAME OUT, AND SHE WENT ,,=*$$@#@#
@@$*,,,,,, AWAY. EVERYTHING CHANGED... I YEARNED, ,,,,,,*$@@
@@@$==,,,, AND THE WORLD BECAME DULL AROUND ME. ,,,,==$@@@
##@@$$*=,, ,,=*$$@@##
@##@$$*=,, 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. ,,=*$$@@##
##@@$$*=,, ,,=*$$@@##
##@$*,,,,, AND THEN I GOT UP, AND LOOKED AROUND. ,,,,,*$@##
@@$**,,,,, IT WAS DARK, WHERE IT PREVIOUSLY HAD ,,,,,**$@@
@@#@$$*=,, 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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