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#@¤&†^«:,,         †^«««««:::,  ,:::«««««^†         ,,:«^†&¤@#
##@¤&†^«:,         †                      †         ,:«^†&¤@##
#@¤&†^«:,,         † MIRAGE CLASS GOTH GF †         ,,:«^†&¤@#
##@¤&†^«:,         †                      †         ,:«^†&¤@##
#@¤&†^«:,,         †^«««««:::,  ,:::«««««^†         ,,:«^†&¤@#
##@¤&†^«:,                                          ,:«^†&¤@##
#@¤&†^«:,,                                          ,,:«^†&¤@#
##@¤&†^«:, 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.                 ,:«^†&¤@##
#@¤&†^«:,,                                          ,,:«^†&¤@#
##@¤&†^«:,                                          ,:«^†&¤@##
#@¤&†^«:,,            «««««::, ,::«««««             ,,:«^†&¤@#
##@¤&†^«:,                                          ,:«^†&¤@##
#@¤&†^«:,,                                          ,,:«^†&¤@#
##@¤&†^«:,  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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