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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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