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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.           ###,,,,###
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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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