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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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