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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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