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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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