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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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