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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 ....:===*#
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