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