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..........                  fat cap                 ..........
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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.       ..........
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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.             .....^~/%%
£%%/~^....                                          ....^~/%%£
#£%%/~^... 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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