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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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