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.......... 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 .......^~:
$:~^...... And It  Was  Snowing So Funny  And I Had ......^~:$
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