,:~\$¤@@## ##@@¤$\~:,
,:~\$¤@@@@ @@@@¤$\~:,
,,,:~\\$@@ @@$\\~:,,,
,,,,:~$$@@ @@$$~:,,,,
,:~\$¤@### ###@¤$\~:,
,,,~~$$$@@ fat cap @@$$$~~,,,
,:~\$¤¤¤@# #@¤¤¤$\~:,
,:~\$@@### ,,,,, ¤¤ @@ ¤¤ @@ ¤¤ @@ ¤¤ ,,,,, ###@@$\~:,
,,,,:~\$@@ @@$\~:,,,,
,:~\$¤@@## in gardens among stones along the river ##@@¤$\~:,
,,,:\$$$¤@ grows the mushroom. between ferns and @¤$$$\:,,,
,,,::~~\¤@ 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: ###@¤$\~:,
,:~\$¤@### "new york fat cap" is weird ###@¤$\~:,
,,,,:\\¤@@ @@¤\\:,,,,
,,,:~~\\¤@ @¤\\~~:,,,
,:~~\\$@@@ @@@$\\~~:,
,:~\$¤@@## ##@@¤$\~:,
,:~\$¤@@## ##@@¤$\~:,