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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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..=*§$@@@# #@@@$§*=..
..=*§$@@## i died by getting shot in the head ##@@$§*=..
..=*§$$$@@ while ramming the fence to a military @@$$$§*=..
......=§§@ 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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