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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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