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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 .:~\§%####
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