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