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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. ~:........
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......:~†% 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.             ..........
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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.                 #@¶¤%†~:..
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....:~†%¤¶ .....  %%  ¶¶  %%  ¶¶  %%  ¶¶  %%  ..... ¶¤%†~:....
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......:~†%            i think to myself:            %†~:......
.......:~†        "new york fat cap" is weird       †~:.......
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