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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 .~-\§$@###
#$$$$§\-~. from a bitter lady. a slot in a wall, .~-\§$$$$#
###@$§\-~. lady inside, me outside with the rest .~-\§$@###
@$\~...... of the world. ......~\$@
#@@@$§\-~. .~-\§$@@@#
###@$§\-~. ..... .~-\§$@###
###@$§\-~. .~-\§$@###
###@$§\-~. delivered is a ny fat cap, a nozzle (or .~-\§$@###
#@§---.... "cap") for spray paint cans. ....---§@#
####$§\-~. .~-\§$####
###@$§\-~. through young forest, thin and rubbery .~-\§$@###
##@$$§\-~. whips shoot up from the earth. kirskale .~-\§$$@##
###@$§\-~. around my feet. concrete trenches, .~-\§$@###
###@$§\-~. abandoned gray walls. i shall try the .~-\§$@###
####@§\-~. new nozzle here. .~-\§@####
##$\~..... .....~\$##
##$\\\\-~. the paint inside comes out, it comes .~-\\\\$##
###@$§\-~. like a massage shower, it comes like a .~-\§$@###
@§§\-..... thick and slow beam. rich with red and .....-\§§@
###@$§\-~. gooey paint. .~-\§$@###
###@$§\-~. .~-\§$@###
#@@§§\~~.. doesn't hit anything. it keeps going ..~~\§§@@#
@$§\-..... and never reaches the walls. it's .....-\§$@
###@$§\-~. forever falling, but nothing will be .~-\§$@###
###@$§\-~. stained. .~-\§$@###
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###@$§\-~. ..... $$ ## $$ ## $$ ## $$ ..... .~-\§$@###
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###@$§\-~. i think to myself: .~-\§$@###
###@$§\-~. "new york fat cap" is weird .~-\§$@###
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#@$\\-~... ...~-\\$@#
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