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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. .@...@@@@@
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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. @@..@.@...
@@@@.@.@.. .@.@@@@..@
...@@@@@.. 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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