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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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