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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.               #,#,,#,,##
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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.   ###,#,,,##
#,,####,#,                                          ,,###,,#,,
#,#,,,####    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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