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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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