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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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