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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.            ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,,   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.   ,,,,^~†*%£
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*†~^,,,,,,    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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