#@@%%%\-~. .~-\%%%@@#
@@@%%\~~.. ..~~\%%@@@
@$$$\---~. .~---\$$$@
@@%\\-.... ....-\\%@@
##@@$%\-~. .~-\%$@@##
@$%%%%\-~. fat cap .~-\%%%%$@
@@@%%%\-~. .~-\%%%@@@
@@@$$%\-~. ..... $$ @@ $$ @@ $$ @@ $$ ..... .~-\%$$@@@
##@@$%\-~. .~-\%$@@##
##@@$%\-~. in gardens among stones along the river .~-\%$@@##
##@@$%\-~. grows the mushroom. between ferns and .~-\%$@@##
@@@%---... 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 .~--\%%@@#
@%-~...... ......~-%@
##@@$%\-~. .~-\%$@@##
@@@$%-~~~. .~~~-%$@@@
@@@%--.... ....--%@@@
@%--...... ......--%@