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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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