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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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