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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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