.......... &&..&..&..
&&&&&&&&&& &........&
&&&&&&&&&& ..&&&&&&..
.&&&&&&&&& &..&&&&...
..&&&&&&&& ....&&..&&
...&&&&&&& %†~~~~~.... ....~~~~~†% .&&.......
&&..&&&&&. % % ....&&&&&&
&....&&&.. % 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! &&&&&&&&&&
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