¤=\-^.....                                          .....^-\=¤
=\-^......                                          ......^-\=
\-^.......                                          .......^-\
-^........                                          ........^-
^.........                                          .........^
..........                                          ..........
..........          ..#¤ 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        .^-\=¤¤###
##¤¤=\-^..                                          ..^-\=¤¤##
#¤¤=\-^...                                          ...^-\=¤¤#
¤¤=\-^....                                          ....^-\=¤¤
¤=\-^.....                                          .....^-\=¤
=\-^......                                          ......^-\=