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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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