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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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.....,~*%# ~~~~~,,. .,,~~~~~ #%*~,.....
......,~*% %*~,......
.....,~*%# #%*~,.....
....,~*%#¶ 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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