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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. ...,†*@@@@
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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. ......«*¤#
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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. .,«†*@¤@@#
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##@¤@*†«,. 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. ......«*¤@
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##@¤@*†«,. 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. ......,†@@
#@@¤@*†«,. .,«†*@¤@@#
@@†,...... 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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