¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,                                          ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,                                          ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~         §†~~~~~,,,¨  ¨,,,~~~~~†§         ~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~†         §                      §         †~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,~†§         § 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!              ##§$§†~,¨¨
¨,~†§$§###                                          ###§$§†~,¨
¨¨,~†§$§##                                          ##§$§†~,¨¨
¨¨¨,~†§$§#                                          #§$§†~,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~†§$§                                          §$§†~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,~†§$                                          $§†~,¨¨¨¨¨