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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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