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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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