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,,.~*§§¶## **************************************** ##¶§§*~.,,
,.~*§§¶### ###¶§§*~.,
,,.~*§§¶## MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES ##¶§§*~.,,
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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. ##¶§§*~.,,
,.~*§§¶### ###¶§§*~.,
,,.~*§§¶## 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 - ###¶§§*~.,
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,.~*§§¶### * * * * ###¶§§*~.,
,,.~*§§¶## ##¶§§*~.,,
,.~*§§¶### (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ###¶§§*~.,
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