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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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†=~-...... .....  %%  ££  %%  ££  %%  ££  %%  ..... ......-~=†
=~-.......                                          .......-~=
~-........            i think to myself:            ........-~
=~-.......       "new york fat cap" is weird        .......-~=
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