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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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