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,.«**%§###         **«««««...,  ,...«««««**         ###§%**«.,
,,.«**%§##         *                      *         ##§%**«.,,
,,,.«**%§#         * 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!               #§%**«.,,,
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