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.:~/^@§@## today it rained,  and i would go outside ##@§@^/~:.
.:~/^@§@## i  thought, so  i smoked a pipe  and got ##@§@^/~:.
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.:~/^@§### 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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