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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 @@......@.
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