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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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