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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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