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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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