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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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