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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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