¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~†                                          †~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:~†$                                          $†~:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:~†$%                                          %$†~:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:~†$%@                                          @%$†~:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:~†$%@#                                          #@%$†~:¨¨¨
¨¨:~†$%@##         $†~~~~~:::¨  ¨:::~~~~~†$         ##@%$†~:¨¨
¨:~†$%@###         $                      $         ###@%$†~:¨
¨¨:~†$%@##         $ 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!              $†~:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~†                                          †~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~                                          ~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:                                          :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~                                          ~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~†                                          †~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨