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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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