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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 ,,#,,####,
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,,#,,,,,,, TO RUN AWAY IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD. DAD ###,,##,##
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###,#,,,,, QUICKLY. I SAID GOODNIGHT TO HIM AND #,,#####,#
,,,###,,,, WENT LOOKING FOR THE MOUSE. ,#,#,,,,##
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,,#,##,### GREEN MARBLE. THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE RAN ##,#,#,###
#,###,##,, A MAIN BOULEVARD, WIDE AS A STREET, ,,######,,
###,,##,#, FRAMED WITH CLAY VASES DARK AS OBSIDIAN #,#,,,,,#,
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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 ,##,,#,##,
#,,,##,#,, MOVE OR SPEAK. SO INSTEAD I SAID TO ##,#,###,#
,#,,#,###, STAY THERE, AND RAN TO GET HER A BETTER #,####,,##
###,###,,# PAIR OF SHOES THAT SHE WOULD ACTUALLY ,##,,,#,#,
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,,,#,,#,## AND THUJA. IT WAS A LATE EVENING, AND ,,,,#,,,,,
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,,,#,##,,# 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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