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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.                ¤$%=«~,,,,
,,,~«=%$¤#                                          #¤$%=«~,,,
,,~«=%$¤##  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.    $%=«~,,,,,
,,,,,,~«=%     everything was black then, for a     %=«~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~«= moment. i remembered her laugh and knew  =«~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~«   we had done crimes together, that it   «~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~             had been real...             ~,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,~«=%$                                          $%=«~,,,,,
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,,,~«=%$¤#    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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