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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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