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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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