###$%^--..                                          ..--^%$###
##$%^--...                                          ...--^%$##
#$%^--....                                          ....--^%$#
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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 ......--^%
$%^--.....              OF THE WORLD.               .....--^%$
#$%^--....                                          ....--^%$#
##$%^--...                  .....                   ...--^%$##
###$%^--..                                          ..--^%$###
####$%^--. DELIVERED IS A NY FAT CAP,  A NOZZLE (OR .--^%$####
###$%^--..       "CAP") FOR SPRAY PAINT CANS.       ..--^%$###
##$%^--...                                          ...--^%$##
#$%^--.... THROUGH  YOUNG FOREST,  THIN AND RUBBERY ....--^%$#
$%^--..... WHIPS SHOOT UP  FROM THE EARTH. KIRSKALE .....--^%$
%^--......    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        .......--^
%^--......                                          ......--^%
$%^--.....                                          .....--^%$
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