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###=^^,... FAT CAP ...,^^=###
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#=^~...... IN GARDENS AMONG STONES ALONG THE RIVER ......~^=#
####@=^~,. GROWS THE MUSHROOM. BETWEEN FERNS AND .,~^=@####
#@==~,.... 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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####@=^~,. I AM DREAMING. A PACKAGE HAS ARRIVED. .,~^=@####
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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 .,~^^^=@@#
####@=^~,. OF THE WORLD. .,~^=@####
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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 .,~^=@####
##@@^^~~,. NEW NOZZLE HERE. .,~~^^@@##
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####@=^~,. THE PAINT INSIDE COMES OUT, IT COMES .,~^=@####
#=~,...... LIKE A MASSAGE SHOWER, IT COMES LIKE A ......,~=#
##=^^,.... THICK AND SLOW BEAM. RICH WITH RED AND ....,^^=##
#=~~...... GOOEY PAINT. ......~~=#
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##=^,..... DOESN'T HIT ANYTHING. IT KEEPS GOING .....,^=##
##@@^^~,.. AND NEVER REACHES THE WALLS. IT'S ..,~^^@@##
###=^~.... FOREVER FALLING, BUT NOTHING WILL BE ....~^=###
#@@=~~.... STAINED. ....~~=@@#
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##=~...... I THINK TO MYSELF: ......~=##
#@=^,..... "NEW YORK FAT CAP" IS WEIRD .....,^=@#
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