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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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