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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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..........            i think to myself:            ..........
~.........        "new york fat cap" is weird       .........~
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