,:~/%£@###                                          ###@£%/~:,
,,:~/%£@##                                          ##@£%/~:,,
,,,:~/%£@#                                          #@£%/~:,,,
,,,,:~/%£@                                          @£%/~:,,,,
,,,,,:~/%£                                          £%/~:,,,,,
,,,,,,:~/%                  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.               :,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:~                                          ~:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~/                   ,,,,,                  /~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:~/%                                          %/~:,,,,,,
,,,,,:~/%£ 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.       /~:,,,,,,,
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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.             ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,: 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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