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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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