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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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