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#¶#$*^~... i thought, so i  smoked a pipe  and  got ...~^*$#¶#
##¶#$*^~.. dressed,  and  outside   the   rain  had ..~^*$#¶##
#¶#$*^~... turned into  snow  so thick that it  was ...~^*$#¶#
¶#$*^~.... as dense fog ... and then  i went to get ....~^*$#¶
#$*^~..... the mail, but there was  a  woman and we .....~^*$#
$*^~...... talked a little. now because i  was high ......~^*$
#$*^~..... and  it was snowing so funny and  i  had .....~^*$#
¶#$*^~.... an umbrella against the  snow, but  snow ....~^*$#¶
#¶#$*^~... all over my face anyway,  and i wondered ...~^*$#¶#
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