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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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