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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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