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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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