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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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