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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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