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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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