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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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