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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. @.@@@@...@
@..@..@.@@ .@@...@..@
.@.@@.@@@. 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. ........@@
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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. @..@..@@.@
@...@@.@@. .@.@@.@.@@
.@..@.@@.@ 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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