.~-\\**§§@                                          @§§**\\-~.
...--\*¤§@                                          @§¤*\--...
.~~~\**¤¤§                                          §¤¤**\~~~.
.~-\*¤§@##                                          ##@§¤*\-~.
....~-*§@#                                          #@§*-~....
.~-\*¤§§@@                                          @@§§¤*\-~.
.....~\\¤@          ..#¤ AN ANECDOTE ¤#..           @¤\\~.....
.~-\*¤§@##                                          ##@§¤*\-~.
.~-\*¤§@## 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         ##@§¤*\-~.
.....~\¤@@                                          @@¤\~.....
.~-\*¤§@@#                                          #@@§¤*\-~.
.~-\*¤§@##                                          ##@§¤*\-~.
...~\****§                                          §****\~...
.~-\*¤@###                                          ###@¤*\-~.