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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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.......... 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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