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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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