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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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