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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. .&&.&&&...
&&&&&...&& .&.&&..&..
&....&..&. 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. &.&&....&&
&&&&&.&&.. &&&.&...&.
&....&&.&. 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. &...&&&..&
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&&&&.&..&& ..... @@ @@ @@ @@ @@ @@ @@ ..... .&&.&&.&&&
....&&&.&. &&.&&.&&..
....&..&&& I THINK TO MYSELF: ..&&.&&.&.
....&&.&.. "NEW YORK FAT CAP" IS WEIRD &.&.&&.&&&
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