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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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