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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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