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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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....~-=†£§ 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.               ..........
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........~- 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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...~-=†£§¶ .....  ££  ¶¶  ££  ¶¶  ££  ¶¶  ££  ..... ¶§£†=-~...
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.~-=†£§¶@#            i think to myself:            #@¶§£†=-~.
..~-=†£§¶@        "new york fat cap" is weird       @¶§£†=-~..
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