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#....###.. TODAY  IT RAINED, AND I WOULD GO OUTSIDE #......#..
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...#..#... TALKED  A LITTLE. NOW BECAUSE I WAS HIGH #..#..#...
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.....#..#. AN UMBRELLA  AGAINST  THE SNOW, BUT SNOW ..#..#..#.
......#..# ALL OVER MY  FACE ANYWAY, AND I WONDERED ...#..#..#
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