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.^~:$*§###                  fat cap                 ###§*$:~^.
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.^~:$*§### .....  **  ##  **  ##  **  ##  **  ..... ###§*$:~^.
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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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...^~$*§§§                  .....                   §§§*$~^...
....~~:**#                                          #**:~~....
.^~:$*§### i am dreaming.  a package  has  arrived. ###§*$:~^.
.^~:$*§###                                          ###§*$:~^.
...^~~$§§# through  the  park  i  go to pick it  up #§§$~~^...
.^~:$*§### from  a bitter lady. a  slot in a  wall, ###§*$:~^.
.^~$*§#### lady  inside, me  outside with the  rest ####§*$~^.
....^~$*§#              of the world.               #§*$~^....
....^^^:*#                                          #*:^^^....
.^~:$*§###                  .....                   ###§*$:~^.
.....~:*##                                          ##*:~.....
.^~:$*§### delivered is a  ny fat cap, a nozzle (or ###§*$:~^.
.^~:$*§§##       "cap") for spray paint cans.       ##§§*$:~^.
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....^~~:*# through young  forest,  thin and rubbery #*:~~^....
.^~:$*§### whips shoot up  from the earth. kirskale ###§*$:~^.
.....^:$§#    around my feet. concrete trenches,    #§$:^.....
.^~:$*§### abandoned gray  walls.  i  shall try the ###§*$:~^.
.^~:$*§###             new nozzle here.             ###§*$:~^.
...^~~~$*#                                          #*$~~~^...
.^~:$*§### the  paint  inside comes  out, it  comes ###§*$:~^.
..^^^:*§## like  a massage  shower, it comes like a ##§*:^^^..
.^~:$*§§§§ thick  and slow beam. rich  with red and §§§§*$:~^.
.^~:$*§§##               gooey paint.               ##§§*$:~^.
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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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