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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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