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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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