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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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