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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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#,#,,#,#,#            »»»»»~~, ,~~»»»»»             #,#,#,#,#,
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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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#,#,##,#,#             »»»»»~~, ,~~»»»»»            #,#,#,#,#,
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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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