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&&&&,,,,,, Mouse girl Likes Shoes &&&&,,&&&&
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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 &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& Patterns On The Marble. &&&&&&&&&&
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&&&&&&&&&& / / / / &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& 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. &&&&&&&&&&
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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 &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& You Think, Just Because A Girl Has A &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& Freaky Dad, She Doesn'T Have Taste?" &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& But Mouse Girl Just Laughed At Me. &&&&&&&&&&
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&&&&&&&&&& 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. &&&&&&&&&&
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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 &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& Said - &&&&&&&&&&
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&&&&&&&&&& / / / / &&&&&&&&&&
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&&&&&&&&&& (Here I Am Awakened By The Morning Crew) &&&&&&&&&&
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