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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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