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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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