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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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