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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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