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§§$§^,,,,, § MIRAGE CLASS GOTH GF § ,,,,,^§$§§
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§$§§---,,, I USED TO BE A GOTH, IN MY YOUTH, DOING ,,,---§§$§
@$§^-,,,,, CRIMES MOSTLY FROM OR IN MY BELOVED AND ,,,,,-^§$@
##@§$§^-,, TRUSTED CAR, AND SOMETIMES MY MOTHERS ,,-^§$§@##
##@§$§^-,, BARN. WE LIVED JUST OUTSIDE TOWN, A ,,-^§$§@##
§$^^--,,,, GROVE AT THE END OF A DIRT ROAD, AND ,,,,--^^$§
§§§§$§^-,, THE BARN WAS PLACED SO YOU COULD JUST ,,-^§$§§§§
##@§$§^-,, MAKE OUT THE SURROUNDING FIELDS THROUGH ,,-^§$§@##
##@§$§^-,, THE TREES. ,,-^§$§@##
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§§§§§---,, 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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@$$§^^,,,, THERE WAS BLOOD EVERYWHERE. SOMETIMES ,,,,^^§$$@
##@§$§^-,, THE BLOOD WAS HER RED LIPSTICK OR HER ,,-^§$§@##
###§$§^-,, CHECKERED SHIRT. SHE WAS ON TELEVISION. ,,-^§$§###
###§$§^-,, WE DID CRIME, AND WE MADE WEIRD ,,-^§$§###
##@§$§^-,, STRUCTURES IN THE BARN, TALL PILLARS OF ,,-^§$§@##
@§$§^,,,,, DARK WOOD, LADDERS AND PLATEAUS, FIRES ,,,,,^§$§@
###@$§^-,, AND FAIRY LIGHTS. WE WOULD SLEEP THERE ,,-^§$@###
###@§$^-,, AND DRINK THERE AND SHE WOULD GO IN THE ,,-^$§@###
##@§$§^-,, TELEVISION. ,,-^§$§@##
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#@$§^-,,,, AND THEN THE SUN CAME OUT, AND SHE WENT ,,,,-^§$@#
##@§$§^-,, AWAY. EVERYTHING CHANGED... I YEARNED, ,,-^§$§@##
§$§§§--,,, AND THE WORLD BECAME DULL AROUND ME. ,,,--§§§$§
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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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##@§$§^-,, I DIED BY GETTING SHOT IN THE HEAD ,,-^§$§@##
##@§$§^-,, WHILE RAMMING THE FENCE TO A MILITARY ,,-^§$§@##
##@§$§^-,, FACILITY. BY THIS TIME THEY HAD BEEN ,,-^§$§@##
@$$^,,,,,, CHASING ME FOR DAYS. I LOST CONTROL ,,,,,,^$$@
##@§$§^-,, OVER THE CAR, CRASHED IT INTO A ROCK ,,-^§$§@##
##@§$§^-,, WALL AND FLEW OUT THE WINDSHIELD. ,,-^§$§@##
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#@$^-,,,,, AND THEN I GOT UP, AND LOOKED AROUND. ,,,,,-^$@#
##@§$§^-,, IT WAS DARK, WHERE IT PREVIOUSLY HAD ,,-^§$§@##
##@§$§^-,, BEEN A BRIGHT DAY. AROUND ME WHERE ,,-^§$§@##
#@$$$§^-,, DOZENS OF CRASHED CARS, ALL MY CAR, ,,-^§$$$@#
##@§$§^-,, SOME ON FIRE. ,,-^§$§@##
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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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