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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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