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##¶&@%=~:¨ 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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