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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       ¨¨~~††††^§
###§%^†~~¨                                          ¨~~†^%§###
§§^†††~¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨~†††^§§
#@#§%^†~~¨                                          ¨~~†^%§#@#
@#§^††~¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨~††^§#@
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