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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.                =^,,,,,,,,
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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.            £=†=^,,,,,
,,,,^=†=£#                                          #£=†=^,,,,
,,,^=†=£#@  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.   ,,,,,,,,,,
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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.           £=†=^,,,,,
,,,,,,^=†=                                          =†=^,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^=†     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.              †=^,,,,,,,
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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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