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