,,,,:«/*%§                                          §%*/«:,,,,
,,,:«/*%§#                                          #§%*/«:,,,
,,:«/*%§##                                          ##§%*/«:,,
,:«/*%§###                                          ###§%*/«:,
,,:«/*%§##                                          ##§%*/«:,,
,,,:«/*%§# //////////////////////////////////////// #§%*/«:,,,
,,,,:«/*%§                                          §%*/«:,,,,
,,,,,:«/*%          Mouse girl Likes Shoes          %*/«:,,,,,
,,,,,,:«/*                                          */«:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:«/                /  /  /  /                /«:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:«                                          «:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:«/ 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. #§%*/«:,,,
,,,,:«/*%§                                          §%*/«:,,,,
,,,,,:«/*% 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.       %*/«:,,,,,
,,,,:«/*%§                                          §%*/«:,,,,
,,,:«/*%§# 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.         */«:,,,,,,
,,,,,:«/*%                                          %*/«:,,,,,
,,,,:«/*%§                /  /  /  /                §%*/«:,,,,
,,,:«/*%§#                                          #§%*/«:,,,
,,:«/*%§## 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.             %*/«:,,,,,
,,,,,,:«/*                                          */«:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:«/ 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. #§%*/«:,,,
,,,,:«/*%§                                          §%*/«:,,,,
,,,,,:«/*% 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. #§%*/«:,,,
,,:«/*%§##                                          ##§%*/«:,,
,:«/*%§### 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 -                  §%*/«:,,,,
,,,,,:«/*%                                          %*/«:,,,,,
,,,,,,:«/*                /  /  /  /                */«:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:«/                                          /«:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:« (Here I Am Awakened By The Morning Crew) «:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:«/                                          /«:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:«/* //////////////////////////////////////// */«:,,,,,,
,,,,,:«/*%                                          %*/«:,,,,,
,,,,:«/*%§                                          §%*/«:,,,,
,,,:«/*%§#                                          #§%*/«:,,,
,,:«/*%§##                                          ##§%*/«:,,
,:«/*%§###                                          ###§%*/«:,