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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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