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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.            ###@%%†~^.
....^~††%#                                          #%††~^....
.^~†%%@###  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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.....^†%@#             ~~~~~^^. .^^~~~~~            #@%†^.....
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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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.^~†%%@###             ~~~~~^^. .^^~~~~~            ###@%%†~^.
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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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