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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 ..-~^*%###
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