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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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