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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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