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,,,,,,~:$£         $ 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   $:~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~:  the barn was placed so you could just   :~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~  make out the surrounding fields through ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,                the trees.                ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,~:   my car was black and loud, both the    :~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~:$   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     $:~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~:  moment. i remembered her laugh and knew :~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~   we had done crimes together, that it   ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,             had been real...             ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,~:$             ~~~~~,,, ,,,~~~~~            $:~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~:$£                                          £$:~,,,,,,
,,,,,~:$£#                                          #£$:~,,,,,
,,,,~:$£#@    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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