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....~^§&£# 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 §^~.......
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