.,~:†&§@##                                          ##@§&†:~,.
.,~:†&§@##                                          ##@§&†:~,.
.,~:†&§@@#                                          #@@§&†:~,.
.,~:†&§@##                                          ##@§&†:~,.
.,~:&§@###                                          ###@§&:~,.
...,:†&§§#                  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       ##@§&†:~,.
.,~:†&§@##                                          ##@§&†:~,.
.,~:†&§@##                                          ##@§&†:~,.
....,~:††§                                          §††:~,....
.,~:††&§§§                                          §§§&††:~,.
.....,::&§                                          §&::,.....