¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,                                          ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~                                          ~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~=                                          =~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,~=†                                          †=~,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,~=†§                                          §†=~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~=†§§                 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        ~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~=                                          =~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,~=†                                          †=~,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,~=†§                                          §†=~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~=†§§                                          §§†=~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~=†§§#                                          #§§†=~,¨¨¨