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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. ##¶@*^=»..
..»=^*@¶## ##¶@*^=»..
..»=^***@@ ..... @@***^=»..
.....=**¶# #¶**=.....
..»=^*@@¶# 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 #¶@@*^=»..
...»=^^*@# #@*^^=»...
..»=^*@¶¶# #¶¶@*^=»..
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