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,.~*=¤§¶##                 fat cap                  ##¶§¤=*~.,
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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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,,,,~~=¤¤¶ i am dreaming. a  package  has  arrived. ¶¤¤=~~,,,,
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,,,....*¤§ 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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