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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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