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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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