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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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