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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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