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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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