##@#$$\~^. .^~\$$#@##
##$\~~^... ...^~~\$##
@@@#$$\~^. .^~\$$#@@@
@#$$~~^^.. ..^^~~$$#@
#$\~^..... .....^~\$#
@$$\\\\~^. fat cap .^~\\\\$$@
###@#$\~^. .^~\$#@###
##@#$$\~^. ..... $$ @@ $$ @@ $$ @@ $$ ..... .^~\$$#@##
#@$$$~~~^. .^~~~$$$@#
##@#$$\~^. 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 .^~~\$$#@#
#$~....... stained. .......~$#
#@@#$$\~^. .^~\$$#@@#
##@#$$\~^. ..... $$ @@ $$ @@ $$ @@ $$ ..... .^~\$$#@##
#$$~...... ......~$$#
##@#$$\~^. i think to myself: .^~\$$#@##
#$\~~^.... "new york fat cap" is weird ....^~~\$#
####$$\~^. .^~\$$####
@##$\~^... ...^~\$##@
@$$~...... ......~$$@
#$\^^..... .....^^\$#
#$~^^..... .....^^~$#