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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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