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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.                 ###¤*^†~-,
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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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