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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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..-**$##@# ..... $$ ## $$ ## $$ ## $$ ..... #@##$**-..
..-**$#@## ##@#$**-..
......**## i think to myself: ##**......
.....**$$# "new york fat cap" is weird #$$**.....
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