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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. .....:/^%£
%^/:......                                          ......:/^%
^/:....... 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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###£%^/:..                  .....                   ..:/^%£###
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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.                 .......:/^
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##£%^/:...            i think to myself:            ...:/^%£##
###£%^/:..        "new york fat cap" is weird       ..:/^%£###
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