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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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