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####&*=«.¨ TODAY IT RAINED, AND I WOULD  GO OUTSIDE ¨.«=*&####
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###***=«.¨ 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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