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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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