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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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