rain from the skies, the most important feature, my favourite part

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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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