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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 ##==†=,,,,
,~=†=$#¶¶# THE MUSHROOM. #¶¶#$=†=~,
,~====$#¶¶ ¶¶#$====~,
,,,,~=†=$# ,,,,, #$=†=~,,,,
,~=†=$#¶## ##¶#$=†=~,
,,,,~=†$$# I AM DREAMING. A PACKAGE HAS ARRIVED. #$$†=~,,,,
,~=†=$$### ###$$=†=~,
,,,,,,~==# THROUGH THE PARK I GO TO PICK IT UP #==~,,,,,,
,,~~~~~†$# FROM A BITTER LADY. A SLOT IN A WALL, #$†~~~~~,,
,~=†=$#¶## LADY INSIDE, ME OUTSIDE WITH THE REST ##¶#$=†=~,
,~=†=$#¶## OF THE WORLD. ##¶#$=†=~,
,,,,,~~†=# #=†~~,,,,,
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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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