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&%^^...... TODAY IT  RAINED, AND I WOULD GO OUTSIDE ......^^%&
#&&&%%^=^. I THOUGHT, SO I SMOKED  A  PIPE AND  GOT .^=^%%&&&#
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#&%%%=.... 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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