....,~=*&§ §&*=~,....
...,~=*&§# #§&*=~,...
..,~=*&§## ##§&*=~,..
.,~=*&§### ###§&*=~,.
..,~=*&§## ##§&*=~,..
...,~=*&§# *=~~~~~,,,. .,,,~~~~~=* #§&*=~,...
....,~=*&§ * * §&*=~,....
.....,~=*& * 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. ##§&*=~,..
.,~=*&§### ###§&*=~,.
..,~=*&§## ##§&*=~,..
...,~=*&§# ~~~~~,,. .,,~~~~~ #§&*=~,...
....,~=*&§ §&*=~,....
.....,~=*& &*=~,.....
....,~=*&§ 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! ###§&*=~,.
..,~=*&§## ##§&*=~,..
...,~=*&§# #§&*=~,...
....,~=*&§ §&*=~,....
.....,~=*& &*=~,.....
....,~=*&§ §&*=~,....