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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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