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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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