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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.            ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~«
~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨  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.                ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~«
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=:«~¨¨¨¨¨¨ and then the sun came out, and she went  ¨¨¨¨¨¨~«:=
£=:«~¨¨¨¨¨  away. everything changed... i yearned,  ¨¨¨¨¨~«:=£
§£=:«~¨¨¨¨   and the world became dull around me.   ¨¨¨¨~«:=£§
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##§£=:«~¨¨    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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:«~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨             «««««~~¨ ¨~~«««««            ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~«:
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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.       ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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«~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨   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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