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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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