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.&.&...&&& ..... ** ££ ** ££ ** ££ ** ..... &.&.&&&.&.
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&&...&.&&. 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. ..&.&&&.&.
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..&...&&&& 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. &&.....&&.
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..&.&.&&.. ..... ** ££ ** ££ ** ££ ** ..... ..&&...&&&
&.&&&&&.&. ..&.&..&..
&&&....&&& I THINK TO MYSELF: ..&&&&.&&.
&..&...&.. "NEW YORK FAT CAP" IS WEIRD &.&...&&.&
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