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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.               ..........
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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 @##£%\=~..
.~=\%£##@#              of the world.               #@##£%\=~.
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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 ..........
..........               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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