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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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