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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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