....,~^=*#                                          #*=^~,....
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..,~^=*###                                          ###*=^~,..
.,~^=*####                                          ####*=^~,.
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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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