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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 ##@#%^\«,.
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.,«\^%#@## an  umbrella against  the snow, but snow ##@#%^\«,.
...,\\^%%@ all over my face anyway, and i  wondered @%%^\\,...
......«^^#        about myself, and my life         #^^«......
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