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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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