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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 ,,##,,#,##
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#,###,#,,, 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 ,,,,#,,#,#
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,#####,#,, 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 ###,##,#,#
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,####,,### AND TALLER THAN A PERSON. IN EACH VASE ,#,###,#,,
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,##,,####, TREE OR GIANT FERN. THE BOULEVARD WAS ##,,#,#,,#
##,#,#,,,# DIMLY LIT, WHICH ALLOWED THE POOLS THAT ,,#,####,#
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,,##,,#### APPROACHED, SHE LOOKED UP AND SNIVELED. ,,##,#,,#,
,,#,#,#,,, IN THE NEAREST VASE SHE HAD STUFFED ,,#,###,##
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,,,#,,,,## I TOLD HER TO FOLLOW, BUT SHE DIDN'T #,,#,#####
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#,#####,#, PAIR OF SHOES THAT SHE WOULD ACTUALLY ,,#,#,##,,
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#,,#,,,#,, MORE THAN I COULD REALLY AFFORD, SHE #,#,,,,###
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,###,#,#,# COOL, SAYING SOMETHING LIKE "WHAT DO ##,,#,,##,
,#,,###### YOU THINK, JUST BECAUSE A GIRL HAS A #,#,##,#,#
###,#,,,,, FREAKY DAD, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TASTE?" ,####,####
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,#,#,,##,, AND THUJA. IT WAS A LATE EVENING, AND ###,,###,#
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,,,,,##### CLOSED, THE GARDEN HAD ITS LIGHT TURNED #,,####,#,
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,###,#,,,# SHE LAY DOWN IN A PATCH OF GRASS. I SAT #,,,,#,,##
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