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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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