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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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