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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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