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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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