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#@@@&%†=^, % mirage class goth gf % ,^=†%&@@@#
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@@@@&%†=^, 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. ^=†%&@@@##
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@@@@&%†=^, =====^^, ,^^===== ,^=†%&@@@@
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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. ,,,,=%%&@@
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#@@@&%†=^, 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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@%%%†^^,,, =====^^, ,^^===== ,,,^^†%%%@
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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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