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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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