,,,~~::§§& &§§::~~,,,
,~~:%§&### ###&§%:~~,
,,,,~~:§&# #&§:~~,,,,
,~~:%§&### ###&§%:~~,
,,,,,,~:%& &%:~,,,,,,
,~~:%§&### :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ###&§%:~~,
,~~:%%§§## ##§§%%:~~,
,,,,,~:%&# 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) ##&&§%:~~,
,,,,~~%%&# #&%%~~,,,,
,,,,,,~%&# :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: #&%~,,,,,,
,~~:%§&### ###&§%:~~,
,,,,~:§§§& &§§§:~,,,,
,,,~::§&&& &&&§::~,,,
,,,,~::§§# #§§::~,,,,
,~~:%%%&## ##&%%%:~~,