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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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