rain from the skies, the most important feature, my favourite part

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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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