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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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