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#££†/~.... 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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