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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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