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¨.~/†$#@## †/~~~~~...¨ ¨...~~~~~/† ##@#$†/~.¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨.~†# † MIRAGE CLASS GOTH GF † #†~.¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨.~/†$#@## ##@#$†/~.¨
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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... ##††/~¨¨¨¨
¨.~/†$#### ####$†/~.¨
¨.~/$#@### ###@#$/~.¨
¨.~/††††$# ~~~~~..¨ ¨..~~~~~ #$††††/~.¨
¨.~/†$#@@@ @@@#$†/~.¨
¨¨.~~††$$@ @$$††~~.¨¨
¨.~/†$#@## I DIED BY GETTING SHOT IN THE HEAD ##@#$†/~.¨
¨.~†$#@### WHILE RAMMING THE FENCE TO A MILITARY ###@#$†~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~†# 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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