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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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