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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 ....~~:§§@
##@§$§:~~. our time together. .~~:§$§@##
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@§$§§~~... there was blood everywhere. sometimes ...~~§§$§@
##@§$§:~~. the blood was her red lipstick or her .~~:§$§@##
@@$$:~~... checkered shirt. she was on television. ...~~:$$@@
@§§~...... 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. .......~§§
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@§$§§~~... and then the sun came out, and she went ...~~§§$§@
#@$§§§:~~. away. everything changed... i yearned, .~~:§§§$@#
###§$§:~~. and the world became dull around me. .~~:§$§###
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§§§§:~~... 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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§$:::~~~.. i died by getting shot in the head ..~~~:::$§
§§§§§§:~~. 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 ......~~§§
##@§$§:~~. wall and flew out the windshield. .~~:§$§@##
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##@§$§:~~. and then i got up, and looked around. .~~:§$§@##
##@§$§:~~. it was dark, where it previously had .~~:§$§@##
##@§$§:~~. been a bright day. around me where .~~:§$§@##
##@§$§:~~. dozens of crashed cars, all my car, .~~:§$§@##
§§§§::~~~. 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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