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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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