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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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