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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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