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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! ¨¨¨¨¨,=*†%
†*=,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,=*†
*=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=*
=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=
*=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=*
†*=,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,=*†