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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.            ###,#,#,,,
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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.               ,###,,###,
,#,#,,,#,,                                          ##,,#,#,,#
#####,,##, 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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