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.,~*^@#¶@# #@¶#@^*~,.
.,~*^@#¶¶@ @¶¶#@^*~,.
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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. #@¶#@^*~,.
.,~*^@#¶@# #@¶#@^*~,.
.....~~^@# ..... #@^~~.....
.,~*^@#¶@# #@¶#@^*~,.
...,~~*@@¶ 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 @@¶#@^*~,.
.,,~~*^@#@ @#@^*~~,,.
.,~*^@#¶@# #@¶#@^*~,.
.,~*^@#¶## ##¶#@^*~,.
.,*^@#¶@## ##@¶#@^*,.
....,~*@#¶ ¶#@*~,....