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