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,,,-=^†%@#         †^=====---,  ,---=====^†         #@%†^=-,,,
,,-=^†%@##         †                      †         ##@%†^=-,,
,-=^†%@###         † MIRAGE CLASS GOTH GF †         ###@%†^=-,
,,-=^†%@##         †                      †         ##@%†^=-,,
,,,-=^†%@#         †^=====---,  ,---=====^†         #@%†^=-,,,
,,,,-=^†%@                                          @%†^=-,,,,
,,,,,-=^†%                                          %†^=-,,,,,
,,,,,,-=^†  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.               @%†^=-,,,,
,,,,,-=^†%                                          %†^=-,,,,,
,,,,,,-=^† 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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,,,,,-=^†%            =====--, ,--=====             %†^=-,,,,,
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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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,,,,,,-=^†                                          †^=-,,,,,,
,,,,,-=^†%    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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