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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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