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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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