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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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