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#%*†«-....                  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.               .......-«†
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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.               ....-«†*%#
##%*†«-...                                          ...-«†*%##
###%*†«-..                  .....                   ..-«†*%###
####%*†«-.                                          .-«†*%####
###%*†«-.. 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.             .........-
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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.                 .-«†*%####
###%*†«-..                                          ..-«†*%###
##%*†«-... .....  %%  ##  %%  ##  %%  ##  %%  ..... ...-«†*%##
#%*†«-....                                          ....-«†*%#
%*†«-.....            i think to myself:            .....-«†*%
*†«-......        "new york fat cap" is weird       ......-«†*
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