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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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