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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 #####¤*\-~
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.~-\*¤#### AN UMBRELLA AGAINST THE SNOW, BUT SNOW ####¤*\-~.
...~\\\\¤# ALL OVER MY FACE ANYWAY, AND I WONDERED #¤\\\\~...
....~-*¤## ABOUT MYSELF, AND MY LIFE ##¤*-~....
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