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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 &%^~^.....
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