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###§$†:-~, † MIRAGE CLASS GOTH GF † ,~-:†$§###
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###§$†:-~, I USED TO BE A GOTH, IN MY YOUTH, DOING ,~-:†$§###
§§$::::-~, CRIMES MOSTLY FROM OR IN MY BELOVED AND ,~-::::$§§
###§$†:-~, TRUSTED CAR, AND SOMETIMES MY MOTHERS ,~-:†$§###
##$$$†:-~, BARN. WE LIVED JUST OUTSIDE TOWN, A ,~-:†$$$##
###§$†:-~, GROVE AT THE END OF A DIRT ROAD, AND ,~-:†$§###
§$:-,,,,,, THE BARN WAS PLACED SO YOU COULD JUST ,,,,,,-:$§
###§$†:-~, MAKE OUT THE SURROUNDING FIELDS THROUGH ,~-:†$§###
###§$†:-~, THE TREES. ,~-:†$§###
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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. ,,,,,--†§§
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###§$†:-~, THERE WAS BLOOD EVERYWHERE. SOMETIMES ,~-:†$§###
#§††††:-~, 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. ,,,,,,-†§§
#$†††::-~, MY MOTHER SAID I KEPT TO MYSELF IN THE ,~-::†††$#
##$$::--~, BARN, OR IN THE CAR. ,~--::$$##
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###§$†:-~, SOMETIMES I COULD STILL SEE HER ,~-:†$§###
#§$$:~~,,, FLASHING BY ON THE TV IN THE BARN. ,,,~~:$$§#
§§$†:-~~~, EVERYTHING WAS BLACK THEN, FOR A ,~~~-:†$§§
§§†--~,,,, 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. ,,,,,,~-†§
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####$†:-~, AND THEN I GOT UP, AND LOOKED AROUND. ,~-:†$####
###§$†:-~, IT WAS DARK, WHERE IT PREVIOUSLY HAD ,~-:†$§###
###§$†:-~, BEEN A BRIGHT DAY. AROUND ME WHERE ,~-:†$§###
###§$†:-~, DOZENS OF CRASHED CARS, ALL MY CAR, ,~-:†$§###
§$:--~,,,, SOME ON FIRE. ,,,,~--:$§
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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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