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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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