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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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