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..:~===††¤ horsemint grows  the mushroom. along the ¤††===~:..
.:~=†%¤#@@ creek, with  a  reddish  cap  and  white @@#¤%†=~:.
.:~=††%¤## stem and quirky gleam in its eyes  grows ##¤%††=~:.
.:~=†%¤#@#              the mushroom.               #@#¤%†=~:.
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......~†%¤ through  the  park i  go to pick  it  up ¤%†~......
.:~~~~=††¤ from a bitter lady. a  slot in  a  wall, ¤††=~~~~:.
....~=††¤# lady  inside,  me  outside with the rest #¤††=~....
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.:~=††%%%¤ delivered is  a ny fat cap, a nozzle (or ¤%%%††=~:.
.:~=†%¤#@#       "cap") for spray paint cans.       #@#¤%†=~:.
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.:~=†%¤#@@ through  young  forest, thin and rubbery @@#¤%†=~:.
.:~=†%¤### whips shoot up from  the earth. kirskale ###¤%†=~:.
.:~=†%¤¤#@    around my feet. concrete trenches,    @#¤¤%†=~:.
.:~=†%¤### abandoned  gray walls.  i shall try  the ###¤%†=~:.
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.:~=†%#@##               gooey paint.               ##@#%†=~:.
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...:~==†%¤ doesn't  hit  anything.  it keeps  going ¤%†==~:...
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.:~=†%%%#@            i think to myself:            @#%%%†=~:.
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