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,,=^^$§#@#                                          #@#§$^^=,,
,,=^^$§###          ,,#$ AN ANECDOTE $#,,           ###§$^^=,,
,,,,,,^$$§                                          §$$^,,,,,,
,,=^^^^$§@ TODAY IT RAINED,  AND I WOULD GO OUTSIDE @§$^^^^=,,
,,,,=^$$$# I  THOUGHT, SO  I SMOKED A  PIPE AND GOT #$$$^=,,,,
,,=^^$§#@# DRESSED,   AND  OUTSIDE  THE  RAIN   HAD #@#§$^^=,,
,,,,,,^^^§ 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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,,,,,^^^^§                                          §^^^^,,,,,
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