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

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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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