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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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