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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.              .......,=*
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,......... I  AM  DREAMING. A  PACKAGE HAS ARRIVED. .........,
=,........                                          ........,=
*=,....... THROUGH  THE  PARK  I  GO  TO PICK IT UP .......,=*
$*=,...... FROM A  BITTER  LADY. A SLOT IN A  WALL, ......,=*$
@$*=,..... LADY INSIDE, ME  OUTSIDE  WITH THE  REST .....,=*$@
@@$*=,....              OF THE WORLD.               ....,=*$@@
#@@$*=,...                                          ...,=*$@@#
##@@$*=,..                  .....                   ..,=*$@@##
###@@$*=,.                                          .,=*$@@###
##@@$*=,.. DELIVERED IS A  NY FAT CAP, A NOZZLE (OR ..,=*$@@##
#@@$*=,...       "CAP") FOR SPRAY PAINT CANS.       ...,=*$@@#
@@$*=,....                                          ....,=*$@@
@$*=,..... THROUGH  YOUNG FOREST, THIN AND  RUBBERY .....,=*$@
$*=,...... WHIPS SHOOT  UP FROM THE EARTH. KIRSKALE ......,=*$
*=,.......    AROUND MY FEET. CONCRETE TRENCHES,    .......,=*
=,........ ABANDONED GRAY WALLS.  I SHALL  TRY  THE ........,=
,.........             NEW NOZZLE HERE.             .........,
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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 .......,=*
$*=,......               GOOEY PAINT.               ......,=*$
@$*=,.....                                          .....,=*$@
@@$*=,.... DOESN'T HIT  ANYTHING.  IT  KEEPS  GOING ....,=*$@@
#@@$*=,... AND   NEVER   REACHES  THE  WALLS.  IT'S ...,=*$@@#
##@@$*=,.. FOREVER FALLING,  BUT  NOTHING  WILL  BE ..,=*$@@##
###@@$*=,.                 STAINED.                 .,=*$@@###
##@@$*=,..                                          ..,=*$@@##
#@@$*=,... .....  @@  ¶¶  @@  ¶¶  @@  ¶¶  @@  ..... ...,=*$@@#
@@$*=,....                                          ....,=*$@@
@$*=,.....            I THINK TO MYSELF:            .....,=*$@
$*=,......        "NEW YORK FAT CAP" IS WEIRD       ......,=*$
*=,.......                                          .......,=*
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