@&&:^..... .....^:&&@
##@¤&†:=^. .^=:†&¤@##
@@&†††:=^. .^=:†††&@@
@&:^...... ......^:&@
¤&†:^..... .....^:†&¤
##@¤&†:=^. 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 .^=::††&¤¤
##@¤&†:=^. .^=:†&¤@##
###¤&†:=^. .^=:†&¤###
@&&&††:=^. .^=:††&&&@
@¤¤††=^... ...^=††¤¤@
#@@¤&†:=^. .^=:†&¤@@#