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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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