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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. .....&&&..
....&&&... .....&.&&.
....&.&&.. 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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