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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.    ,###,#,##,
#,####,,##                                          #,,####,#,
##,,,#,#,,   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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