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,,,~†§$§##         § MIRAGE CLASS GOTH GF §         ##§$§†~,,,
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,,,,~†§$§#  I USED TO BE A GOTH, IN MY YOUTH, DOING #§$§†~,,,,
,,,~†§$§## CRIMES MOSTLY FROM OR IN MY BELOVED AND  ##§$§†~,,,
,,~†§$§###  TRUSTED CAR, AND SOMETIMES MY MOTHERS   ###§$§†~,,
,,,~†§$§##    BARN. WE LIVED JUST OUTSIDE TOWN, A   ##§$§†~,,,
,,,,~†§$§#   GROVE AT THE END OF A DIRT ROAD, AND   #§$§†~,,,,
,,,,,~†§$§  THE BARN WAS PLACED SO YOU COULD JUST   §$§†~,,,,,
,,,,~†§$§# MAKE OUT THE SURROUNDING FIELDS THROUGH  #§$§†~,,,,
,,,~†§$§##                THE TREES.                ##§$§†~,,,
,,~†§$§###                                          ###§$§†~,,
,,,~†§$§##    MY CAR WAS BLACK AND LOUD, BOTH THE   ##§$§†~,,,
,,,,~†§$§#   ENGINE AND THE WAY THE PARTS DIDN'T    #§$§†~,,,,
,,,,,~†§$§     REALLY STICK TOGETHER. I TOOK MY     §$§†~,,,,,
,,,,~†§$§#  CRIMEFRIEND FOR RIDES, IN THE DARK, THE #§$§†~,,,,
,,,~†§$§##   ETERNAL DARK THAT SEEMED TO SURROUND   ##§$§†~,,,
,,~†§$§###   US. SHE SEEMED TO CAST THIS VEIL OVER  ###§$§†~,,
,,,~†§$§##  EVERYTHING. HER BLACK SKIRT REACHED TO  ##§$§†~,,,
,,,,~†§$§#   HER KNEES BUT THEN SOMEHOW ALSO BACK   #§$§†~,,,,
,,,,,~†§$§  AROUND, ENVELOPING ALL MY MEMORIES OF   §$§†~,,,,,
,,,,~†§$§#            OUR TIME TOGETHER.            #§$§†~,,,,
,,,~†§$§##                                          ##§$§†~,,,
,,~†§$§###  THERE WAS BLOOD EVERYWHERE. SOMETIMES   ###§$§†~,,
,,,~†§$§##  THE BLOOD WAS HER RED LIPSTICK OR HER   ##§$§†~,,,
,,,,~†§$§#  CHECKERED SHIRT. SHE WAS ON TELEVISION. #§$§†~,,,,
,,,,,~†§$§      WE DID CRIME, AND WE MADE WEIRD     §$§†~,,,,,
,,,,~†§$§#  STRUCTURES IN THE BARN, TALL PILLARS OF #§$§†~,,,,
,,,~†§$§##  DARK WOOD, LADDERS AND PLATEAUS, FIRES  ##§$§†~,,,
,,~†§$§###  AND FAIRY LIGHTS. WE WOULD SLEEP THERE  ###§$§†~,,
,,,~†§$§##  AND DRINK THERE AND SHE WOULD GO IN THE ##§$§†~,,,
,,,,~†§$§#               TELEVISION.                #§$§†~,,,,
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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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,,~†§$§###  I SEARCHED FOR HER, BUT NOBODY HAD ANY  ###§$§†~,,
,,,~†§$§##    MEMORIES OF HER. NOT SO MUCH OF ME    ##§$§†~,,,
,,,,~†§$§#  EITHER, FROM THE TIME WE WERE TOGETHER. #§$§†~,,,,
,,,,,~†§$§  MY MOTHER SAID I KEPT TO MYSELF IN THE  §$§†~,,,,,
,,,,~†§$§#           BARN, OR IN THE CAR.           #§$§†~,,,,
,,,~†§$§##                                          ##§$§†~,,,
,,~†§$§###     SOMETIMES I COULD STILL SEE HER      ###§$§†~,,
,,,~†§$§##    FLASHING BY ON THE TV IN THE BARN.    ##§$§†~,,,
,,,,~†§$§#     EVERYTHING WAS BLACK THEN, FOR A     #§$§†~,,,,
,,,,,~†§$§  MOMENT. I REMEMBERED HER LAUGH AND KNEW §$§†~,,,,,
,,,,~†§$§#   WE HAD DONE CRIMES TOGETHER, THAT IT   #§$§†~,,,,
,,,~†§$§##             HAD BEEN REAL...             ##§$§†~,,,
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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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,,~†§$§###        THE GROUND WAS STICKY, RED.       ###§$§†~,,
,,,~†§$§##                                          ##§$§†~,,,
,,,,~†§$§#   AND THEN I REALIZED THAT I KNEW THIS   #§$§†~,,,,
,,,,,~†§$§     DARKNESS. I KNEW THE WAY THE SKY     §$§†~,,,,,
,,,,~†§$§# TOUCHED THE GROUND. THIS WAS HER DOING!  #§$§†~,,,,
,,,~†§$§##               SHE WAS HERE!              ##§$§†~,,,
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