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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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......~;%$ 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 ;~........
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