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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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