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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.                ##&%%:~^,,
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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.                ###&%%:~^,
,,^~:%%&##                                          ##&%%:~^,,
,,,^~:%%&# 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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,,^~:%%&##            ~~~~~^^, ,^^~~~~~             ##&%%:~^,,
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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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,,,^~:%%&#             ~~~~~^^, ,^^~~~~~            #&%%:~^,,,
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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.               ###&%%:~^,
,,^~:%%&##                                          ##&%%:~^,,
,,,^~:%%&#       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!               ##&%%:~^,,
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