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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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