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,,=†§§@### § MIRAGE CLASS GOTH GF § ###@§§†=,,
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,,,,=§§@## ##@§§=,,,,
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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... @§§=,,,,,,
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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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