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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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