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....~$$$$£ today  it rained, and i would go outside £$$$$~....
..~/$*£### i thought, so i smoked a  pipe  and  got ###£*$/~..
..~/*£#### dressed,   and  outside   the  rain  had ####£*/~..
......./*# turned  into snow so  thick that  it was #*/.......
..~/$*££## as dense fog ... and then i went to  get ##££*$/~..
..~/$*£### the mail, but there was  a woman  and we ###£*$/~..
..~/$**££# talked a little. now because  i was high #££**$/~..
......~$*£ and  it was snowing so  funny and i  had £*$~......
..~/////$£ an umbrella against the  snow, but  snow £$/////~..
..~/$*£### all over my face anyway,  and i wondered ###£*$/~..
..~/$*£###        about myself, and my life         ###£*$/~..
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