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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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