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,,,,,,^-\% %\-^,,,,,,
,,,,,^-\%@ @%\-^,,,,,
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,,,^-\%@@# #@@%\-^,,,
,,^-\%@@## $\-----^^^, ,^^^-----\$ ##@@%\-^,,
,^-\%@@### $ $ ###@@%\-^,
,,^-\%@@## $ 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! %\-^,,,,,,
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