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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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