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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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