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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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