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#£#¤§*=~.. TODAY IT RAINED,  AND I WOULD GO OUTSIDE ..~=*§¤#£#
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#¤§*=~.... 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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