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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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