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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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