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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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