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@@@@%*=~:. GROWS THE MUSHROOM. BETWEEN FERNS AND .:~=*%@@@@
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#@**=:.... CREEK, WITH A REDDISH CAP AND WHITE ....:=**@#
##@@%*=~:. STEM AND QUIRKY GLEAM IN ITS EYES GROWS .:~=*%@@##
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##@@%*=~:. I AM DREAMING. A PACKAGE HAS ARRIVED. .:~=*%@@##
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@@@%=~~~:. 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 .:~=*%@@##
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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. ....~==*@@
#@@@%*=~:. .:~=*%@@@#
##@@%*=~:. DOESN'T HIT ANYTHING. IT KEEPS GOING .:~=*%@@##
##@@%*=~:. AND NEVER REACHES THE WALLS. IT'S .:~=*%@@##
@*~~...... FOREVER FALLING, BUT NOTHING WILL BE ......~~*@
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