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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. .^~**%¶###
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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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##¶%**~^.. 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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###¶%**~^. .....  %%  ¶¶  %%  ¶¶  %%  ¶¶  %%  ..... .^~**%¶###
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###¶%**~^.            i think to myself:            .^~**%¶###
##¶%**~^..        "new york fat cap" is weird       ..^~**%¶##
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