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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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,,~†*&§#@# #@#§&*†~,,
,,~†*&§#@# 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. #&†,,,,,,,
,,~†*&§#@# #@#§&*†~,,
,,~†*&§#@# 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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