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&**~~..... 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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#@#&¤**~~. ..... .~~**¤&#@#
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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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&**~...... ..... ......~**&
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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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&**~...... ......~**&
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