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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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