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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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