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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.                 ##§@%*«~,,
,~«*%@§###                                          ###§@%*«~,
,,~«*%@§##                                          ##§@%*«~,,
,,,~«*%@§#            «««««~~, ,~~«««««             #§@%*«~,,,
,,~«*%@§##                                          ##§@%*«~,,
,~«*%@§###                                          ###§@%*«~,
,,~«*%@§##  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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