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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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