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