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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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