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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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