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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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