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..........                 fat cap                  ..........
:.........                                          .........:
~:........ .....  $$  ##  $$  ##  $$  ##  $$  ..... ........:~
;~:.......                                          .......:~;
%;~:...... 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.       .......:~;
%;~:......                                          ......:~;%
$%;~:..... through young  forest, thin and  rubbery .....:~;%$
@$%;~:.... whips shoot up from the earth.  kirskale ....:~;%$@
#@$%;~:...    around my feet. concrete trenches,    ...:~;%$@#
##@$%;~:.. abandoned  gray  walls.  i shall try the ..:~;%$@##
###@$%;~:.             new nozzle here.             .:~;%$@###
##@$%;~:..                                          ..:~;%$@##
#@$%;~:... the paint inside  comes  out,  it  comes ...:~;%$@#
@$%;~:.... like a  massage shower, it comes  like a ....:~;%$@
$%;~:..... thick and slow  beam.  rich with red and .....:~;%$
%;~:......               gooey paint.               ......:~;%
;~:.......                                          .......:~;
~:........ doesn't  hit  anything. it  keeps  going ........:~
:......... and  never   reaches  the  walls.   it's .........:
.......... forever  falling, but  nothing  will  be ..........
..........                 stained.                 ..........
..........                                          ..........
:......... .....  $$  ##  $$  ##  $$  ##  $$  ..... .........:
~:........                                          ........:~
;~:.......            i think to myself:            .......:~;
%;~:......        "new york fat cap" is weird       ......:~;%
$%;~:.....                                          .....:~;%$
@$%;~:....                                          ....:~;%$@
#@$%;~:...                                          ...:~;%$@#
##@$%;~:..                                          ..:~;%$@##
###@$%;~:.                                          .:~;%$@###