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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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