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