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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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