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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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,,,,««††¤# 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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