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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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