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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. @@§§§^†«,,
,,«†^§¤@## ##@¤§^†«,,
,,«†^§¤@@# 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. #@@¤§^†«,,
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,,«†^§¤@@# «««««,,, ,,,««««« #@@¤§^†«,,
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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. #@@¤§^†«,,
,,,««^^¤¤@ @¤¤^^««,,,
,,««††§§¤¤ 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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