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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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