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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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