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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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