###§&^^~~.                                          .~~^^&§###
###§&^^~~.                                          .~~^^&§###
###§&^^~~.                                          .~~^^&§###
§§§^^^^~~.                                          .~~^^^^§§§
###§&^^~~.                                          .~~^^&§###
###§&^^~~.                                          .~~^^&§###
###§&^^~~.           ..#& 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        .~~^^&§###
§&^~~.....                                          .....~~^&§
###§&^^~~.                                          .~~^^&§###
§§^^~~....                                          ....~~^^§§
#&^^^^~~~.                                          .~~~^^^^&#
###§&^^~~.                                          .~~^^&§###