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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. ....-~†*%§
¶§%*†~-... ...-~†*%§¶
#¶§%*†~-.. 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. ..-~†*%§¶#
¶§%*†~-... ...-~†*%§¶
§%*†~-.... 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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