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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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