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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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