rain from the skies, the most important feature, my favourite part

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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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