rain from the skies, the most important feature, my favourite part

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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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