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.^=:$&§###                 fat cap                  ###§&$:=^.
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...^:::$$§ .....  &&  ##  &&  ##  &&  ##  &&  ..... §$$:::^...
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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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.^=:$&§###                  .....                   ###§&$:=^.
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.^======$§ i am  dreaming. a package  has  arrived. §$======^.
.^=:$&§§##                                          ##§§&$:=^.
.^=:$&§### through  the  park i go  to pick  it  up ###§&$:=^.
...^^:$§## from  a  bitter lady.  a slot in a wall, ##§$:^^...
.^=:$&§### lady  inside, me  outside  with the rest ###§&$:=^.
.....^:$§#               of the world.              #§$:^.....
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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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