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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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