,^«**%#@@@ @@@#%**«^,
,^«**%#@@# #@@#%**«^,
,,,,^**%%# #%%**^,,,,
,,,,,,,«*# #*«,,,,,,,
,^«**%#@## ##@#%**«^,
,^«**%#@## **«««««^^^, ,^^^«««««** ##@#%**«^,
,,^^^«**%# * * #%**«^^^,,
,,,,«*%##@ * 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! ##@#%**«^,
,,,,^««*%# #%*««^,,,,
,,,,,^*%%# #%%*^,,,,,
,^«**%#@@# #@@#%**«^,
,^««**%%#@ @#%%**««^,
,^«**%#@## ##@#%**«^,