#$**-¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨-**$#
@§§§$*†-,¨                                          ¨,-†*$§§§@
@@#§$*†-,¨                                          ¨,-†*$§#@@
§$$*†---,¨                                          ¨,---†*$$§
§§§$$*†-,¨                                          ¨,-†*$$§§§
#@#§$*†-,¨         *†-----,,,¨  ¨,,,-----†*         ¨,-†*$§#@#
§§§§$*†-,¨         *                      *         ¨,-†*$§§§§
@@#§$*†-,¨         * mirage class goth gf *         ¨,-†*$§#@@
@@#§$*†-,¨         *                      *         ¨,-†*$§#@@
#$$*----,¨         *†-----,,,¨  ¨,,,-----†*         ¨,----*$$#
@@#§$*†-,¨                                          ¨,-†*$§#@@
@@#§$*†-,¨                                          ¨,-†*$§#@@
§§**--¨¨¨¨ 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   ¨¨¨¨¨¨,†*§
@@#§$*†-,¨     darkness. i knew the way the sky     ¨,-†*$§#@@
#@#§$*†-,¨  touched the ground. this was her doing! ¨,-†*$§#@#
#@#§$*†-,¨               she was here!              ¨,-†*$§#@#
#@#§$*†-,¨                                          ¨,-†*$§#@#
#@#§$*†-,¨                                          ¨,-†*$§#@#
#§$†-¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨-†$§#
#@#§$*†-,¨                                          ¨,-†*$§#@#
##@#§$*†,¨                                          ¨,†*$§#@##