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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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