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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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