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§*†=^..... * MIRAGE CLASS GOTH GF * .....^=†*§
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†=^....... *†=====^^^. .^^^=====†* .......^=†
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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. ........^=
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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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*†=^...... =====^^. .^^===== ......^=†*
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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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