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¨¨¨¨¨=$### $ mirage class goth gf $ ###$=¨¨¨¨¨
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¨^=†$*##@# $†=====^^^¨ ¨^^^=====†$ #@##*$†=^¨
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¨^=†$***## ##***$†=^¨
¨^=†$$**## i used to be a goth, in my youth, doing ##**$$†=^¨
¨^=†$*##@# crimes mostly from or in my beloved and #@##*$†=^¨
¨^=†$*#@## trusted car, and sometimes my mothers ##@#*$†=^¨
¨^=†$*##@# barn. we lived just outside town, a #@##*$†=^¨
¨^=†††$$$# grove at the end of a dirt road, and #$$$†††=^¨
¨¨¨^†$$$*# the barn was placed so you could just #*$$$†^¨¨¨
¨^=†$*##@# make out the surrounding fields through #@##*$†=^¨
¨¨¨¨¨^=$*# the trees. #*$=^¨¨¨¨¨
¨^=†$*##@# #@##*$†=^¨
¨¨¨¨==$*## my car was black and loud, both the ##*$==¨¨¨¨
¨^=†$*##@# engine and the way the parts didn't #@##*$†=^¨
¨^=†$*#### really stick together. i took my ####*$†=^¨
¨^=†$*#### crimefriend for rides, in the dark, the ####*$†=^¨
¨^=†$*##@# eternal dark that seemed to surround #@##*$†=^¨
¨¨¨^=†$**# us. she seemed to cast this veil over #**$†=^¨¨¨
¨^=†$*#@## everything. her black skirt reached to ##@#*$†=^¨
¨^=†$*#### her knees but then somehow also back ####*$†=^¨
¨^=†$*##@# around, enveloping all my memories of #@##*$†=^¨
¨¨¨^††$$## our time together. ##$$††^¨¨¨
¨¨¨^=†$$## ##$$†=^¨¨¨
¨^=†$*##@# there was blood everywhere. sometimes #@##*$†=^¨
¨^=††$$**# the blood was her red lipstick or her #**$$††=^¨
¨^=†$*##@# checkered shirt. she was on television. #@##*$†=^¨
¨^=†$*##@# we did crime, and we made weird #@##*$†=^¨
¨^=†$*##@# structures in the barn, tall pillars of #@##*$†=^¨
¨¨¨¨¨==$## dark wood, ladders and plateaus, fires ##$==¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨^^†*### 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. #***†=¨¨¨¨
¨^=†$*##@# #@##*$†=^¨
¨^=†$*#### ####*$†=^¨
¨^=†$*#### =====^^¨ ¨^^===== ####*$†=^¨
¨¨¨¨^^=†$# #$†=^^¨¨¨¨
¨^=†$*###@ @###*$†=^¨
¨¨^^=†$$## i searched for her, but nobody had any ##$$†=^^¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨=$*# memories of her. not so much of me #*$=¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨=††††$# either, from the time we were together. #$††††=¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^†$### my mother said i kept to myself in the ###$†^¨¨¨¨
¨^=†$*##@# barn, or in the car. #@##*$†=^¨
¨^=†$*#### ####*$†=^¨
¨^=†$*##@# sometimes i could still see her #@##*$†=^¨
¨^=†$*##@@ flashing by on the tv in the barn. @@##*$†=^¨
¨^=†$*#### everything was black then, for a ####*$†=^¨
¨^=†$*##@# moment. i remembered her laugh and knew #@##*$†=^¨
¨^=†$*##@# we had done crimes together, that it #@##*$†=^¨
¨^=†$$***# had been real... #***$$†=^¨
¨^=†$*###@ @###*$†=^¨
¨^=†$*##@# #@##*$†=^¨
¨^=†$*##@# =====^^¨ ¨^^===== #@##*$†=^¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨=†*# #*†=¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨^=†$*##@@ @@##*$†=^¨
¨^=†$*#@## i died by getting shot in the head ##@#*$†=^¨
¨^=†$*##@# while ramming the fence to a military #@##*$†=^¨
¨^=†$*##@# facility. by this time they had been #@##*$†=^¨
¨^=†$*#### chasing me for days. i lost control ####*$†=^¨
¨¨^^^†$*## over the car, crashed it into a rock ##*$†^^^¨¨
¨^=†$*##@@ wall and flew out the windshield. @@##*$†=^¨
¨¨^=††††*# #*††††=^¨¨
¨¨¨^=††$*# and then i got up, and looked around. #*$††=^¨¨¨
¨^=†$*#@## it was dark, where it previously had ##@#*$†=^¨
¨^=†$*##@@ been a bright day. around me where @@##*$†=^¨
¨^^^^††$## dozens of crashed cars, all my car, ##$††^^^^¨
¨^=†$*#### some on fire. ####*$†=^¨
¨¨¨^^†$**# #**$†^^¨¨¨
¨^=†$*##@@ the ground was sticky, red. @@##*$†=^¨
¨^=†$*#@## ##@#*$†=^¨
¨^=†*##@## 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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