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.......^=^                 fat cap                  ^=^.......
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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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...^=^$$#£                  .....                   £#$$^=^...
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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,    $^=^......
.......^=^ abandoned gray  walls.  i shall try  the ^=^.......
........^=             new nozzle here.             =^........
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........^= the  paint  inside  comes out, it  comes =^........
.......^=^ like a massage shower, it  comes  like a ^=^.......
......^=^$ 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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