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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.                £%/~,,,,,,
,,,,,~/%£@                                          @£%/~,,,,,
,,,,~/%£@#    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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,,,,,,,,~/             ~~~~~,,, ,,,~~~~~            /~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~/%                                          %/~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~/%£                                          £%/~,,,,,,
,,,,,~/%£@  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...             £%/~,,,,,,
,,,,,~/%£@                                          @£%/~,,,,,
,,,,~/%£@#                                          #@£%/~,,,,
,,,~/%£@#@             ~~~~~,,, ,,,~~~~~            @#@£%/~,,,
,,~/%£@#@#                                          #@#@£%/~,,
,,,~/%£@#@                                          @#@£%/~,,,
,,,,~/%£@#    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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