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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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