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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. ¨¨¨~»»»*@#
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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 ¨~~»==@###
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#**=~¨¨¨¨¨ DELIVERED IS A NY FAT CAP, A NOZZLE (OR ¨¨¨¨¨~=**#
##@#@*=»~¨ "CAP") FOR SPRAY PAINT CANS. ¨~»=*@#@##
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##@#@*=»~¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨»»*#
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##@#@*=»~¨ THE PAINT INSIDE COMES OUT, IT COMES ¨~»=*@#@##
###*=»~¨¨¨ LIKE A MASSAGE SHOWER, IT COMES LIKE A ¨¨¨~»=*###
###*=»»»~¨ THICK AND SLOW BEAM. RICH WITH RED AND ¨~»»»=*###
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##@#@*=»~¨ 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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