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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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