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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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.......... 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. ....~†=%##
###%=†~... ...~†=%###
####%=†~.. 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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