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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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