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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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