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&&&.&.&.&& .&&.&&&...
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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. ..&..&..&.
&..&&&..&& .&&.&&.&&.
&.&..&.&.. ..... &.&&.&&.&&
&&&.&&&&.& &&.&&.&&..
..&&...&&. I AM DREAMING. A PACKAGE HAS ARRIVED. .&&.&&.&.&
.&.&..&.&. &.&&.&&&&&
&&&&.&&&&. 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. &&..&.&.&.
&...&&.&&. .&.&&&&&&.
&..&.&&.&. ..... &&&.....&&
&.&&&.&&&. ..&....&..
&&..&&..&. DELIVERED IS A NY FAT CAP, A NOZZLE (OR .&&...&&.&
.&.&.&.&&& "CAP") FOR SPRAY PAINT CANS. &.&..&.&&.
&&&&&&&..& &&&.&&&.&.
......&.&& 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. ....&&&&&&
.&&&.....& ...&.....&
&..&....&& 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. ...&.&.&&.
&..&&&&&&& ..&&&&&.&.
&.&....... 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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