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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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