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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 ,,#,,,,#,#
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####,,##,# 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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,######,#, 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 #,,#,#,###
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#,#,,#,,,, 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 ,##,#,####
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##,##,,##, PAIR OF SHOES THAT SHE WOULD ACTUALLY ,#,,#,,##,
#,##,#,#,# LIKE. WHEN I RETURNED, HAVING SPENT ,##,##,#,#
,##,###### MORE THAN I COULD REALLY AFFORD, SHE ##,##,####
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#,##,#,,,, COOL, SAYING SOMETHING LIKE "WHAT DO #,#,##,#,,
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#,,##,,#,, FREAKY DAD, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TASTE?" ,#,,,##,,#
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,,,,,,,,## SHE THEN TOOK ME BY THE HAND AND LED 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 #,,,##,,#,
#,#,,,,,#, AROUND BY THE LIGHT SHINING DOWN FROM ##,,#,#,##
,###,,,,## THE WINDOWS OF THE HIGHER FLOORS. ,,#,#####,
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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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