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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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#,##,##,,#                                          #,,,#,,###
##,##,#,#,             »»»»»,,, ,,,»»»»»            #,,##,#,,,
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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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###,#,#,,#             »»»»»,,, ,,,»»»»»            ,#,,,#,#,,
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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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