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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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