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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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