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¤*%†~.....                                          .....~†%*¤
@¤*%†~....                 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.              .........~
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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.       .......~†%
*%†~......                                          ......~†%*
¤*%†~..... 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.               ........~†
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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.                 ..........
..........                                          ..........
.......... .....  **  @@  **  @@  **  @@  **  ..... ..........
..........                                          ..........
..........            i think to myself:            ..........
..........       "new york fat cap" is weird        ..........
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