 A young poet gets the brilliant idea to live in a department store, hiding by day, and courting his muse by night where it s quiet, and he can have all his needs met. But, to his surprise, he learns his brilliant idea s not exactly original; there are other residents who dodge the night watchmen, and who keep their existence secret at all costs. And one of them is a young woman who wants to leave, but is to frightened to go. And Charles finds that he wants to show her the larger world outside.