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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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