.~==§§&@## ##@&§§==~.
.~===§§§&@ @&§§§===~.
....===§&@ @&§===....
...~~~=§@# #@§=~~~...
....~===§& &§===~....
.~=§§&@### 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 ##@&§§==~.
.....==§&& &&§==.....
.~==§§&@## ##@&§§==~.
.~==§§&@## ##@&§§==~.
.~==§§&@## ##@&§§==~.
.~==§§&@## ##@&§§==~.