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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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