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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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