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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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