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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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