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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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