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###¶§*%=~¨ 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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