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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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