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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.   #,,,#,,,#,
#,,,###,##                                          ,#,,##,,##
,#,,#,,##,    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.     ##,,#####,
##,#,#,,#,                                          ,,#,#,,,,#
,,#####,##   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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