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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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