..,~\§## ###&§\~,..
.,~\§### ####&§\~,.
..,~\§## ###&§\~,..
...,~\§# ##&§\~,...
....,~\§ #&§\~,....
.....,~\§& §\~~~~~,,,. .,,,~~~~~\§ &§\~,.....
......,~\§ § § §\~,......
.......,~\ § 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! \~,.......
........,~ ~,........
.......,~\ \~,.......
......,~\§ §\~,......
.....,~\§& &§\~,.....
....,~\§ #&§\~,....