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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 ....##..##
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.###..##.. the mail, but there was  a  woman and we #....##...
..#......# talked a  little. now because i was high ..##....##
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###..##..# an  umbrella against the  snow, but snow ..##....##
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