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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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