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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. ¶#%††«,¨¨¨
¨¨,«††%#¶@ @¶#%††«,¨¨
¨,«††%#¶@# 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. †«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,«†† ††«,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,«††% %††«,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,«††%# «««««,,¨ ¨,,««««« #%††«,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,«††%#¶ ¶#%††«,¨¨¨
¨¨,«††%#¶@ @¶#%††«,¨¨
¨,«††%#¶@# 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... #%††«,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,«††%#¶ ¶#%††«,¨¨¨
¨¨,«††%#¶@ @¶#%††«,¨¨
¨,«††%#¶@# «««««,,¨ ¨,,««««« #@¶#%††«,¨
¨¨,«††%#¶@ @¶#%††«,¨¨
¨¨¨,«††%#¶ ¶#%††«,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,«††%# 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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