#@@#§*^~.¨ ¨.~^*§#@@# @#***^.¨¨¨ ¨¨¨.^***#@ ##@#§*^~.¨ ¨.~^*§#@## #**^..¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨..^**# ##@#§*^~.¨ ¨.~^*§#@## #§^^^....¨ 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 ¨.~^*§#@@# #@@#§*^~.¨ ¨.~^*§#@@# ##*^..¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨..^*## #@@#§*^~.¨ ¨.~^*§#@@# @§§^^~~~.¨ ¨.~~~^^§§@ ##@@#§*^.¨ ¨.^*§#@@##