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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. ..........
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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. *%\=-.....
....-=\%*§ §*%\=-....
...-=\%*§# 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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