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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.                ###¶@†==^,
,,^==†@¶##                                          ##¶@†==^,,
,^==†@¶### 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.           ###¶@†==^,
,,^==†@¶##                                          ##¶@†==^,,
,^==†@¶###      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.     ###¶@†==^,
,,^==†@¶##                                          ##¶@†==^,,
,^==†@¶###   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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