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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.              §%†-,,,,,,
,,,~††==§#                                          #§==††~,,,
,,,,~-==%#                   ,,,,,                  #%==-~,,,,
,~-†=%§###                                          ###§%=†-~,
,,,,,~†%§# 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.               ###§%=†-~,
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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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,~-†=%§### ,,,,,  %%  ##  %%  ##  %%  ##  %%  ,,,,, ###§%=†-~,
,,~~--††%§                                          §%††--~~,,
,~-†=%§###            i think to myself:            ###§%=†-~,
,~-†=%§###       "new york fat cap" is weird        ###§%=†-~,
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,,,,~-††%§                                          §%††-~,,,,