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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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