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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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