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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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