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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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