¨¨¨¨^=†*¤¤                                          ¤¤*†=^¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨^=†*¤¤#         *†=====^^^¨  ¨^^^=====†*         #¤¤*†=^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^=†*¤¤         *                      *         ¤¤*†=^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^=†*¤         * mirage class goth gf *         ¤*†=^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^=†*¤¤         *                      *         ¤¤*†=^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨^=†*¤¤#         *†=====^^^¨  ¨^^^=====†*         #¤¤*†=^¨¨¨
¨¨^=†*¤¤##                                          ##¤¤*†=^¨¨
¨^=†*¤¤###                                          ###¤¤*†=^¨
¨¨^=†*¤¤## 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.                 ##¤¤*†=^¨¨
¨^=†*¤¤###                                          ###¤¤*†=^¨
¨¨^=†*¤¤##                                          ##¤¤*†=^¨¨
¨¨¨^=†*¤¤#             =====^^¨ ¨^^=====            #¤¤*†=^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^=†*¤¤                                          ¤¤*†=^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^=†*¤                                          ¤*†=^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^=†*¤¤  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...             ###¤¤*†=^¨
¨¨^=†*¤¤##                                          ##¤¤*†=^¨¨
¨¨¨^=†*¤¤#                                          #¤¤*†=^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^=†*¤¤             =====^^¨ ¨^^=====            ¤¤*†=^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^=†*¤                                          ¤*†=^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^=†*¤¤                                          ¤¤*†=^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨^=†*¤¤#    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!               ###¤¤*†=^¨
¨¨^=†*¤¤##                                          ##¤¤*†=^¨¨
¨¨¨^=†*¤¤#                                          #¤¤*†=^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^=†*¤¤                                          ¤¤*†=^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^=†*¤                                          ¤*†=^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^=†*¤¤                                          ¤¤*†=^¨¨¨¨