&&.&.&&&.& &..&.&&&..
.&&&&..&&. &.&&&..&.&
&...&.&.&. &&..&.&&&&
&..&&&&&&& .&.&&&....
&.&......& &&&..&...&
&&&.....&. 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 &&&&&.&&.&
.&.&&.&&&. ....&&.&&&
&&&.&&..&& ...&.&&..&
..&&.&.&.. ..&&&.&.&.
.&.&&&&&.& .&..&&&&&.
&&&....&&& &&.&....&.