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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 .#.##...##
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###..#.... all over my face anyway, and  i wondered #..#.##...
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