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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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