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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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