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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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