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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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,,~†%@§£@#            ~~~~~,,, ,,,~~~~~             #@£§@%†~,,
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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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