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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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