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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 .,,,~%%%¤@
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#@¤¤%~.... AN UMBRELLA  AGAINST THE  SNOW, BUT SNOW ....~%¤¤@#
@%~,...... ALL OVER MY  FACE ANYWAY, AND I WONDERED ......,~%@
@¤¤%**~,..        ABOUT MYSELF, AND MY LIFE         ..,~**%¤¤@
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