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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.                «,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«/                                          /«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,«/*    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.                 #@$*/«,¨¨¨
¨¨,«/*$@##                                          ##@$*/«,¨¨
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¨¨,«/*$@##             «««««,,¨ ¨,,«««««            ##@$*/«,¨¨
¨¨¨,«/*$@#                                          #@$*/«,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,«/*$@                                          @$*/«,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,«/*$  i searched for her, but nobody had any  $*/«,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,«/*    memories of her. not so much of me    */«,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«/ either, from the time we were together.  /«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«  my mother said i kept to myself in the  «,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,           barn, or in the car.           ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨      sometimes i could still see her     ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨    flashing by on the tv in the barn.    ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨     everything was black then, for a     ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨  moment. i remembered her laugh and knew ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨   we had done crimes together, that it   ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨             had been real...             ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,             «««««,,¨ ¨,,«««««            ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«                                          «,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«/                                          /«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,«/*    i died by getting shot in the head    */«,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,«/*$  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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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,                                          ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨