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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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