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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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