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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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