,,,,,-~*%# #%*~-,,,,,
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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. ###§%*^~-,
,-~^*%§§§§ §§§§%*^~-,
,,,,,,~*%# ,,,,, #%*~,,,,,,
,,,,~^%§§# #§§%^~,,,,
,,,,,~**%# 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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