....~~/@&@ @&@/~~....
.~»/=@&¶@# #@¶&@=/»~.
......»»=& &=»»......
.~»/=@&¶@# #@¶&@=/»~.
.~»/=@&¶@# #@¶&@=/»~.
....~/@&¶¶ =/»»»»»~~~. .~~~»»»»»/= ¶¶&@/~....
......~»=& = = &=»~......
....~»=@@& = mirage class goth gf = &@@=»~....
.....~/@@& = = &@@/~.....
.~»/=@&¶## =/»»»»»~~~. .~~~»»»»»/= ##¶&@=/»~.
.....~/@@& &@@/~.....
.~»/=@@@&& &&@@@=/»~.
.~»/=@&&¶@ 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! @&@/~.....
....~»=@&@ @&@=»~....
.~»/=@&¶@# #@¶&@=/»~.
.~»/=@&¶@# #@¶&@=/»~.
.~»/=@&¶@# #@¶&@=/»~.
.~»/=@&¶@# #@¶&@=/»~.