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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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