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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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