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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 @@^==.....
......::$¶ ALL OVER MY FACE ANYWAY, AND I  WONDERED ¶$::......
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