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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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