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&&&&&=†~.¨ = mirage class goth gf = ¨.~†=&&&&&
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###&&=†~.¨ =†~~~~~...¨ ¨...~~~~~†= ¨.~†=&&###
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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. ¨.~†=&&###
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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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##&&†.¨¨¨¨ ~~~~~..¨ ¨..~~~~~ ¨¨¨¨.†&&##
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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. ¨¨¨¨.†=&&#
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###&&=†~.¨ 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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