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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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