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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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