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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 ....,-=†$#
$†=-,.....               THE MUSHROOM.              .....,-=†$
†=-,......                                          ......,-=†
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,......... I  AM DREAMING. A PACKAGE  HAS  ARRIVED. .........,
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.......... 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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$†=-,.....                                          .....,-=†$