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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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