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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. @*~,,,,,,,
,--~†**@@# #@@**†~--,
,-~†*$@#@@ and then i realized that i knew this @@#@$*†~-,
,-~†*$$$@@ darkness. i knew the way the sky @@$$$*†~-,
-~†*$@#@## touched the ground. this was her doing! ##@#@$*†~-
,,,~†*$@#@ she was here! @#@$*†~,,,
,,,,~††*$@ @$*††~,,,,
,-~†*$@#@# #@#@$*†~-,
,-~†*$@### ###@$*†~-,
,-~†*$@### ###@$*†~-,
,,,,~††$$@ @$$††~,,,,