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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. ¨,-=*¤@@##
#@#@¤*=-,¨ ¨,-=*¤@#@#
##@#@¤*=-¨ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¤¤ ## ¤¤ ## ¤¤ ## ¤¤ ¨¨¨¨¨ ¨-=*¤@#@##
@¤===-¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨-===¤@
@**=,¨¨¨¨¨ I THINK TO MYSELF: ¨¨¨¨¨,=**@
#@@*-¨¨¨¨¨ "NEW YORK FAT CAP" IS WEIRD ¨¨¨¨¨-*@@#
##@@¤*=-,¨ ¨,-=*¤@@##
@@#@¤*=-,¨ ¨,-=*¤@#@@
#@#@¤*=-,¨ ¨,-=*¤@#@#
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