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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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