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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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