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.....:«**¤                  fat cap                 ¤**«:.....
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...:«**¤@# .....  ¤¤  ##  ¤¤  ##  ¤¤  ##  ¤¤  ..... #@¤**«:...
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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.               #@¤**«:...
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.:«**¤@###                  .....                   ###@¤**«:.
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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.             ##@¤**«:..
...:«**¤@#                                          #@¤**«:...
....:«**¤@ 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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