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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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