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