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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.            †=,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,=†^                                          ^†=,,,,,,,
,,,,,,=†^¤   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.       #£¤^†=,,,,
,,,,,=†^¤£                                          £¤^†=,,,,,
,,,,,,=†^¤   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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