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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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