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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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