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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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