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..:~==*¤£# 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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