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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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