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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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