rain from the skies, the most important feature, my favourite part

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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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