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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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