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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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