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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. ###%^\«^..
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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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.^«\^%####                  .....                   ####%^\«^.
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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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....^«\^%# .....  %%  ##  %%  ##  %%  ##  %%  ..... #%^\«^....
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..^«\^%###            i think to myself:            ###%^\«^..
.^«\^%####       "new york fat cap" is weird        ####%^\«^.
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