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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 @%^--.....
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