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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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