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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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..:«:*&§@# #@§&*:«:..
.:«:*&§@## ##@§&*:«:.
..:«:*&§@# 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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