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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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