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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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