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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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