¨,~\*#@# #@##&*\~,¨
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¨,~\\**&@# #@&**\\~,¨
¨¨¨,,~~**# #**~~,,¨¨¨
¨,~\*****# #*****\~,¨
¨,~\***#@# 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 #*\\~~,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~\**#@ @#**\~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,\**# ##&**\,¨¨¨
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¨,~\*### ####&*\~,¨
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