&&.&.&.&&& &&&.&&.&&&
..&&&&&&.. &..&&.&&..
..&.....&. .&.&.&&.&.
..&&....&& .&&&&&.&&&
&.&.&...&. .&....&&..
&&&&&&..&& 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 .&..&.&..&
.&.&&..&.. .&&.&&&&.&
&&&&.&.&&. .&.&&...&&
....&&&&.& .&&&.&..&.
....&...&& &&..&&&.&&
&...&&..&. &.&.&..&&.