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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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