@&^†~..... .....~†^&@
#&&%†††~~. .~~†††%&&#
###@%^†~~. .~~†^%@###
@&%^†~.... ....~†^%&@
&&%^†~~... ...~~†^%&&
&&&&%^†~~. 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 .....~^&@#
##@&%^†~~. .~~†^%&@##
&%^^~..... .....~^^%&
@@@&%^†~~. .~~†^%&@@@
@@&^~~.... ....~~^&@@
##@&%^†~~. .~~†^%&@##