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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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