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.~-\%$$$§#                                          #§$$$%\-~.
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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    #§$$%%\-~.
...~~-%$§§ EITHER, FROM THE TIME WE WERE TOGETHER.  §§$%-~~...
....~\%$§§  MY MOTHER SAID I KEPT TO MYSELF IN THE  §§$%\~....
.~-\%$§#@#           BARN, OR IN THE CAR.           #@#§$%\-~.
......~-%§                                          §%-~......
.~-\%$#@##      SOMETIMES I COULD STILL SEE HER     ##@#$%\-~.
...~---%$§    FLASHING BY ON THE TV IN THE BARN.    §$%---~...
.~-\%$§#@@     EVERYTHING WAS BLACK THEN, FOR A     @@#§$%\-~.
.~-\%$§@## MOMENT. I REMEMBERED HER LAUGH AND KNEW  ##@§$%\-~.
.~-\%$§@##   WE HAD DONE CRIMES TOGETHER, THAT IT   ##@§$%\-~.
.~-\%$§##@             HAD BEEN REAL...             @##§$%\-~.
...-\%%$$§                                          §$$%%\-...
.~-\%$§@##                                          ##@§$%\-~.
.~-\%$#@##            -----~~. .~~-----             ##@#$%\-~.
.~-\%$§#@#                                          #@#§$%\-~.
.~-\%$§###                                          ###§$%\-~.
.~-\%$§#@#    I DIED BY GETTING SHOT IN THE HEAD    #@#§$%\-~.
.~-\%$§@##   WHILE RAMMING THE FENCE TO A MILITARY  ##@§$%\-~.
.~-\%$§#@#   FACILITY. BY THIS TIME THEY HAD BEEN   #@#§$%\-~.
.~-\%$§#@#   CHASING ME FOR DAYS. I LOST CONTROL    #@#§$%\-~.
.~--\%$$§@   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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