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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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