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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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