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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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