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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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