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.:«\=&£@@@ 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 #@@£&=\«:.
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.:«\=&£@@@ an umbrella  against the snow,  but snow @@@£&=\«:.
.:«\=&£@@# all over my face anyway,  and i wondered #@@£&=\«:.
.:«\=&&£££         about myself, and my life        £££&&=\«:.
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