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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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