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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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