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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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