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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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