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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.            #.#..#.##.
#.#.#.#.#.                                          #.#.##..#.
#.#.#.#.#.  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.              #.#..#.##.
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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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