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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. .,~**$@@##
#@@$**~,.. ..,~**$@@#
@@$**~,... ..... ...,~**$@@
@$**~,.... ....,~**$@
@@$**~,... 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. ...,~**$@@
@$**~,.... ....,~**$@
@@$**~,... 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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