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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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