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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.              #%//~,,,,,
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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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,,,,,,^/%#                   ,,,,,                  #%/^,,,,,,
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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.             ##¶#%%/~^,
,,,,,^/%%#                                          #%%/^,,,,,
,,,,,~/%## 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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