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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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