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&$^~...... fat cap ......~^$&
#&$%~..... .....~%$&#
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&&$$^~.... ....~^$$&&
@&%%~..... in gardens among stones along the river .....~%%&@
##&&$%^~~. grows the mushroom. between ferns and .~~^%$&&##
#@#&$%^~~. horsemint grows the mushroom. along the .~~^%$&#@#
@@#&$%^~~. creek, with a reddish cap and white .~~^%$&#@@
@#&$^~.... stem and quirky gleam in its eyes grows ....~^$&#@
##@&$%^~~. the mushroom. .~~^%$&@##
##$%^~.... ....~^%$##
@&&%%%^~~. ..... .~~^%%%&&@
@&%^^^~... ...~^^^%&@
@&&$^~.... i am dreaming. a package has arrived. ....~^$&&@
##$^~~.... ....~~^$##
&$%^^~.... through the park i go to pick it up ....~^^%$&
##$%^~.... from a bitter lady. a slot in a wall, ....~^%$##
&&&%~..... 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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