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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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