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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. ......~§#@
##@#@§:~.. ..~:§@#@##
@@@#@§:~.. 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. ..~:§@@##@
@@§§§~.... ....~§§§@@
###§:::~.. 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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#§~....... ..... @@ @@ @@ @@ @@ @@ @@ ..... .......~§#
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#@@#@§:~.. i think to myself: ..~:§@#@@#
@#@@:~.... "new york fat cap" is weird ....~:@@#@
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