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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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