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@†==---... FAT CAP ...---==†@
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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. ..-=†%@@@@
@@†=...... ......=†@@
@@%%=-.... 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. ....-=†@@@
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@@@@%†=-.. I THINK TO MYSELF: ..-=†%@@@@
#@@@%†=-.. "NEW YORK FAT CAP" IS WEIRD ..-=†%@@@#
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