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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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