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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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