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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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