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###@%$\~~¨ grows the mushroom. between ferns and ¨~~\$%@###
###@%$\~~¨ 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, ¨¨~~~~$$$@
####@%$~~¨ lady inside, me outside with the rest ¨~~$%@####
###@%$\~~¨ of the world. ¨~~\$%@###
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#@%$\~~¨¨¨ ¨¨¨~~\$%@#
##@%%$\~~¨ delivered is a ny fat cap, a nozzle (or ¨~~\$%%@##
###@%$\~~¨ "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 ¨~~\$%@###
###@%$\~~¨ gooey paint. ¨~~\$%@###
###@%$\~~¨ ¨~~\$%@###
#@@@%$\~~¨ doesn't hit anything. it keeps going ¨~~\$%@@@#
@%%\~¨¨¨¨¨ and never reaches the walls. it's ¨¨¨¨¨~\%%@
#@@%%$\~~¨ forever falling, but nothing will be ¨~~\$%%@@#
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###@%$\~~¨ "new york fat cap" is weird ¨~~\$%@###
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