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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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