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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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