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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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