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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.            ^†~:......
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........:~   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.    #@£*^†~:..
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..:~†^*£@#  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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