,^~*=£## ###&£=*~^,
,^^^*=£&&& &&&£=*^^^,
,,,,,^*=&& &&=*^,,,,,
,,,,,^~=£# #£=~^,,,,,
,^~*===&&& &&&===*~^,
,,,,~==# 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 &&£££=*~^,
,,,,~==# ##&==~,,,,
,,,~~~=£## ##£=~~~,,,
,^~***=££& &££=***~^,
,,,,,,~*=& &=*~,,,,,,
,^~*=£## ###&£=*~^,