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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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¨~~^†$##@# ¨¨¨¨¨ #@##$†^~~¨
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¨~~^†$##@# i am dreaming. a package has arrived. #@##$†^~~¨
¨¨¨¨~^^^†# #†^^^~¨¨¨¨
¨~~^†$##@# through the park i go to pick it up #@##$†^~~¨
¨~~^†$##@# from a bitter lady. a slot in a wall, #@##$†^~~¨
¨~~^†$#### lady inside, me outside with the rest ####$†^~~¨
¨~~^†$$$$# of the world. #$$$$†^~~¨
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¨~~†$##@## "cap") for spray paint cans. ##@##$†~~¨
¨¨¨~^^†##@ @##†^^~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~†$$# through young forest, thin and rubbery #$$†~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~^$# whips shoot up from the earth. kirskale #$^~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~~†##@ around my feet. concrete trenches, @##†~~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~~^†$#@ abandoned gray walls. i shall try the @#$†^~~¨¨¨
¨~~^$##@## new nozzle here. ##@##$^~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~†$# #$†~¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨~~^†$#@## like a massage shower, it comes like a ##@#$†^~~¨
¨~~^^†$$## thick and slow beam. rich with red and ##$$†^^~~¨
¨¨~~^^†##@ gooey paint. @##†^^~~¨¨
¨¨¨~~^^$#@ @#$^^~~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~^††# doesn't hit anything. it keeps going #††^~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨~~~~^†## and never reaches the walls. it's ##†^~~~~¨¨
¨~~^†$##@# forever falling, but nothing will be #@##$†^~~¨
¨~~^†$##@# stained. #@##$†^~~¨
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¨~~^†$##@@ i think to myself: @@##$†^~~¨
¨~~^†$#### "new york fat cap" is weird ####$†^~~¨
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