&&&&§†:~.¨                                          ¨.~:†§&&&&
###@&§:~.¨                                          ¨.~:§&@###
@§:~~¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨~~:§@
&†††~.¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨.~†††&
&†~~¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~†&
#@§:~~~~.¨         †:~~~~~...¨  ¨...~~~~~:†         ¨.~~~~:§@#
&†:..¨¨¨¨¨         †                      †         ¨¨¨¨¨..:†&
#@@&§†:~.¨         † 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!              ¨¨¨~~~:§&&
##@&§†:~.¨                                          ¨.~:†§&@##
##@&§†:~.¨                                          ¨.~:†§&@##
&††:..¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨..:††&
##@&§†:~.¨                                          ¨.~:†§&@##
#@&††::~.¨                                          ¨.~::††&@#