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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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