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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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