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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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