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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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