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...&&&...& ..&..&&.&&
&..&..&..& &.&&.&.&&.
&&.&&.&&.& &&&.&&&&.&
..&&.&&.&& &..&&...&&
&.&.&&.&&. 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 &&&...&.&&
..&.....&. &..&..&&&.
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