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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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