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,,,,,,=* 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, &&&**†-,,,
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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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,,,,,,=* i think to myself: #&*=,,,,,,
,,,,=†*£## "new york fat cap" is weird ##£*†=,,,,
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