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=†=:...... 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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