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####$*=~^¨                                          ¨^~=*$####
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####$*=~^¨                                          ¨^~=*$####
####$*=~^¨           ¨¨#$ AN ANECDOTE $#¨¨          ¨^~=*$####
####$*=~^¨                                          ¨^~=*$####
####$*=~^¨ TODAY  IT RAINED, AND I WOULD GO OUTSIDE ¨^~=*$####
#$==~^¨¨¨¨ I  THOUGHT, SO I SMOKED A  PIPE  AND GOT ¨¨¨¨^~==$#
####$*=~^¨ DRESSED,   AND  OUTSIDE  THE  RAIN   HAD ¨^~=*$####
####$*=~^¨ TURNED INTO  SNOW SO THICK THAT  IT  WAS ¨^~=*$####
##$=~¨¨¨¨¨ AS DENSE FOG ... AND  THEN I WENT TO GET ¨¨¨¨¨~=$##
##**=^¨¨¨¨ 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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####$*=~^¨                                          ¨^~=*$####
####$*=~^¨                                          ¨^~=*$####
###$$*=~^¨                                          ¨^~=*$$###