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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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