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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 $%†-:.....
......:-†% whips shoot up from  the earth. kirskale %†-:......
.......:-†    around my feet. concrete trenches,    †-:.......
........:- abandoned  gray walls. i shall  try  the -:........
.........:             new nozzle here.             :.........
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.......:-† the paint  inside  comes  out,  it comes †-:.......
......:-†% like a  massage  shower, it comes like a %†-:......
.....:-†%$ 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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.......:-†            i think to myself:            †-:.......
........:-       "new york fat cap" is weird        -:........
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