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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.                 #@¶&%=†~^¨
¨¨^~†=%&¶@                                          @¶&%=†~^¨¨
¨¨¨^~†=%&¶                                          ¶&%=†~^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~†=%&             ~~~~~^^¨ ¨^^~~~~~            &%=†~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~†=%                                          %=†~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†=                                          =†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~†=%  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!              @¶&%=†~^¨¨
¨¨¨^~†=%&¶                                          ¶&%=†~^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~†=%&                                          &%=†~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~†=%                                          %=†~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†=                                          =†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~†=%                                          %=†~^¨¨¨¨¨