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,:::::;$&& &&$;:::::,
,:-;*$&@## ##@&$*;-:,
,:-;*$&@## ##@&$*;-:,
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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. &&&*;;:,,,
,,,,:-;$&& &&$;-:,,,,
,:-;*$&@@# my car was black and loud, both the #@@&$*;-:,
,:-;*$&@@# engine and the way the parts didn't #@@&$*;-:,
,,,,,-*$$& really stick together. i took my &$$*-,,,,,
,:-;*$&@@# crimefriend for rides, in the dark, the #@@&$*;-:,
,:-;*$&@@@ eternal dark that seemed to surround @@@&$*;-:,
,::--**$&& us. she seemed to cast this veil over &&$**--::,
,:-;*$&&&& everything. her black skirt reached to &&&&$*;-:,
,:-;*$&@@@ her knees but then somehow also back @@@&$*;-:,
,:-;*&@@## 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! @@&*;;;-:,
,,,,::-*$@ @$*-::,,,,
,:-;*$&&&@ @&&&$*;-:,
,:-;*$&@@# #@@&$*;-:,
,:-;*$&@@@ @@@&$*;-:,
,:-;*$&@@# #@@&$*;-:,