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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 .@.@.@@@.@
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