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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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