,,,,-%%%§@ @§%%%-,,,,
,,,,~-:§@@ @@§:-~,,,,
,~-:%§§§¤¤ ¤¤§§§%:-~,
,,,,--%%§@ @§%%--,,,,
,~-%§¤@@## ##@@¤§%-~,
,~-:%§¤@## 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 #@@¤§%:-~,
,~---:%%%¤ ¤%%%:---~,
,~---:§¤¤@ @¤¤§:---~,
,~-:%§§§§¤ ¤§§§§%:-~,
,~-:%§¤@## ##@¤§%:-~,
,,,,-:%¤¤¤ ¤¤¤%:-,,,,