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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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