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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. #,#,####,,
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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 ,#,####,,#
,##,,#,##, 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. #,###,#,##
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,#,,,##,## 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 #,,,,,,###
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,#,,####,, 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. ###,,,,#,,
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,#,,,####, 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 ,#,#,,####
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,#,####### FREAKY DAD, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TASTE?" ,,,###,,#,
###,,,,,,# BUT MOUSE GIRL JUST LAUGHED AT ME. ,,#,,#,##,
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###,,###,# 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 #,,###,##,
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#,#,,,#### SHE LAY DOWN IN A PATCH OF GRASS. I SAT ,#,,,#####
###,,#,,,, DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED ##,,#,,,,,
,,#,##,,,, CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND ,#,##,,,,#
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