,,,,^~%&@#                                          #@&%~^,,,,
,^~†%¤&@##                                          ##@&¤%†~^,
,^~†%%%¤@@                                          @@¤%%%†~^,
,^~†%¤&@##                                          ##@&¤%†~^,
,,,,,^††¤@                                          @¤††^,,,,,
,^~†%&@###         %†~~~~~^^^,  ,^^^~~~~~†%         ###@&%†~^,
,,,,,,,~%&         %                      %         &%~,,,,,,,
,^~†%&@###         % 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!              @¤%~,,,,,,
,,,,^†¤&@@                                          @@&¤†^,,,,
,,,,^~†%¤@                                          @¤%†~^,,,,
,,,,^^~%&#                                          #&%~^^,,,,
,^~†%¤&@##                                          ##@&¤%†~^,
,^~†%¤&@##                                          ##@&¤%†~^,