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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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