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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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