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.......... In This Dream I Was A Girl Of Maybe ..........
.......... Sixteen Years, Together With My Dad In ..........
.......... A Huge Bath House / Spa / Hotel / ..........
,......... Shopping centre. Dad Was Constatly .........,
~,........ Pointing Out Hot Girls To Me. "You See ........,~
=~,....... That Black-Haired Thing Dissapearing .......,~=
§=~,...... Behind The Clothes Rack? Oof!" He'D ......,~=§
$§=~,..... Say. He Was Always Very Creepy About .....,~=§$
§$§=~,.... This, Going For Girls My Age. ....,~=§$§
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#@§$§=~,.. This Night He Had Just Tried To Woo A ..,~=§$§@#
##@§$§=~,. Girl He Called A "Mouse" By Buying Her .,~=§$§@##
#@§$§=~,.. Shoes, But She Had Accepted Them Only ..,~=§$§@#
@§$§=~,... To Run Away Immediately Afterward. Dad ...,~=§$§@
§$§=~,.... Was A Bit Bummed But Dropped It ....,~=§$§
$§=~,..... Quickly. I Said Goodnight To Him And .....,~=§$
§=~,...... Went Looking For The Mouse. ......,~=§
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~,........ The Building Was Enormous And Mazelike. ........,~
,......... Walls, Floors And Pillars Were Set In .........,
.......... Green Marble. Throughout The House Ran ..........
.......... A Main Boulevard, Wide As A Street, ..........
.......... Framed With Clay Vases Dark As Obsidian ..........
.......... And Taller Than A Person. In Each Vase ..........
.......... Was Placed Upright A Leaf From A Palm ..........
,......... Tree Or Giant Fern. The Boulevard Was .........,
~,........ Dimly Lit, Which Allowed The Pools That ........,~
=~,....... Were Generously Sprinkled Throughout .......,~=
§=~,...... Each Floor Would Reflect Suggestive ......,~=§
$§=~,..... Patterns On The Marble. .....,~=§$
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##@§$§=~,. Following The Boulevard, Two Floors Up .,~=§$§@##
#@§$§=~,.. I Found Her Crying Behind Two Fern ..,~=§$§@#
@§$§=~,... Vases. She Was Beautiful, And As I ...,~=§$§@
§$§=~,.... Approached, She Looked Up And Sniveled. ....,~=§$§
$§=~,..... In The Nearest Vase She Had Stuffed .....,~=§$
§=~,...... Both The Shoes. ......,~=§
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~,........ I Told Her To Follow, But She Didn'T ........,~
,......... Move Or Speak. So Instead I Said To .........,
.......... Stay There, And Ran To Get Her A Better ..........
.......... Pair Of Shoes That She Would Actually ..........
.......... Like. When I Returned, Having Spent ..........
.......... More Than I Could Really Afford, She ..........
.......... Was Visibly Impressed. I Tried To Sound ..........
,......... Cool, Saying Something Like "What Do .........,
~,........ You Think, Just Because A Girl Has A ........,~
=~,....... Freaky Dad, She Doesn'T Have Taste?" .......,~=
§=~,...... But Mouse Girl Just Laughed At Me. ......,~=§
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§$§=~,.... She Then Took Me By The Hand And Led Me ....,~=§$§
@§$§=~,... Out A Side Route To A Closed-Off ...,~=§$§@
#@§$§=~,.. Rooftop Walking Garden, Full Of Juniper ..,~=§$§@#
##@§$§=~,. And Thuja. It Was A Late Evening, And .,~=§$§@##
#@§$§=~,.. The Stars Were Glittering. Being ..,~=§$§@#
@§$§=~,... Closed, The Garden Had Its Light Turned ...,~=§$§@
§$§=~,.... Off, But We Could Still See Our Way ....,~=§$§
$§=~,..... Around By The Light Shining Down From .....,~=§$
§=~,...... The Windows Of The Higher Floors. ......,~=§
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~,........ She Lay Down In A Patch Of Grass. I Sat ........,~
,......... Down On My Knees, And Then Crawled .........,
.......... Closer. She Laughed At Me Again, And ..........
.......... Said - ..........
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,......... (Here I Am Awakened By The Morning Crew) .........,
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