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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. @@@¤¤=;=:,
,:=;=¤@¶@# #@¶@¤=;=:,
,:=;=¤@@@@ @@@@¤=;=:,
,:=;=¤@¶@# =====::, ,::===== #@¶@¤=;=:,
,:=;=¤@@## ##@@¤=;=:,
,:=;=¤@@@¶ ¶@@@¤=;=:,
,,,,,,===@ 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! #@¶@¤=;=:,
,,,,,:===@ @===:,,,,,
,:=;=¤@¶@# #@¶@¤=;=:,
,:=;=¤@@## ##@@¤=;=:,
,:=;=¤@¶@# #@¶@¤=;=:,
,:=;=¤@¶@# #@¶@¤=;=:,