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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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