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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. &%*:-:,,,,
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,,:-:*%# 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. %*:-:,,,,,
,,,,:-:*%& &%*:-:,,,,
,,,:-:*% 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. #&%*:-:,,,
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,,,,,:-:*% 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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