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........:~ 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 ~:........
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