=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=
*=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=*
=*=,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,=*=
$=*=,¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨,=*=$
§$=*=,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,=*=$§
#§$=*=,¨¨¨ **************************************** ¨¨¨,=*=$§#
##§$=*=,¨¨ ¨¨,=*=$§##
###§$=*=,¨ Mouse girl Likes Shoes ¨,=*=$§###
##§$=*=,¨¨ ¨¨,=*=$§##
#§$=*=,¨¨¨ * * * * ¨¨¨,=*=$§#
§$=*=,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,=*=$§
$=*=,¨¨¨¨¨ In This Dream I Was A Girl Of Maybe ¨¨¨¨¨,=*=$
=*=,¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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) ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=
*=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=*
=*=,¨¨¨¨¨¨ **************************************** ¨¨¨¨¨¨,=*=
$=*=,¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨,=*=$
§$=*=,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,=*=$§
#§$=*=,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,=*=$§#
##§$=*=,¨¨ ¨¨,=*=$§##
###§$=*=,¨ ¨,=*=$§###