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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.       .§....§..§
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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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....§.§§..            i think to myself:            ..§...§.§§
§.....§§§.       "new york fat cap" is weird        ...§....§§
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