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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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