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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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