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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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