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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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