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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. ,,--†%&#@#
##@#&%†--, ,--†%&#@##
###@#&%†-- 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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