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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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