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...~«^*¤¤¶                 fat cap                  ¶¤¤*^«~...
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.....~«^*¤ .....  ¤¤  ¶¶  ¤¤  ¶¶  ¤¤  ¶¶  ¤¤  ..... ¤*^«~.....
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.......~«^ 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. ..........
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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 «~........
.......~«^              of the world.               ^«~.......
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...~«^*¤¤¶ delivered is a ny fat cap, a nozzle  (or ¶¤¤*^«~...
..~«^*¤¤¶#       "cap") for spray paint cans.       #¶¤¤*^«~..
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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.               ..........
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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.                 ..........
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.......... .....  ¤¤  ¶¶  ¤¤  ¶¶  ¤¤  ¶¶  ¤¤  ..... ..........
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........~«            i think to myself:            «~........
.......~«^       "new york fat cap" is weird        ^«~.......
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