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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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