,,^^==††@@                                          @@††==^^,,
,^~=†¤@¶##                                          ##¶@¤†=~^,
,^~=¤@¶###                                          ###¶@¤=~^,
,,,,,^~†@#                                          #@†~^,,,,,
,^~=†¤@¶##                                          ##¶@¤†=~^,
,^~=†¤@¶##                  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        @¤¤†=^^,,,
,^~=†¤@¶¶¶                                          ¶¶¶@¤†=~^,
,^~=††¤@@#                                          #@@¤††=~^,
,,,,,^~†@@                                          @@†~^,,,,,
,^~=†¤@¶##                                          ##¶@¤†=~^,
,,,,^=¤@¶#                                          #¶@¤=^,,,,