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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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