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*=^~~.....           ..#* an anecdote *#..          .....~~^=*
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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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