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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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^......... 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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#£†:-^....                  .....                   ....^-:†£#
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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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