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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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