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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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