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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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