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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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@@%~.¨¨¨¨¨ 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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@@#@%%=~.¨ ~~~~~..¨ ¨..~~~~~ ¨.~=%%@#@@
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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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