...:~\=$£#                                          #£$=\~:...
..:~\=$£#@                                          @#£$=\~:..
.:~\=$£#@#                                          #@#£$=\~:.
..:~\=$£#@                                          @#£$=\~:..
...:~\=$£#                                          #£$=\~:...
....:~\=$£                                          £$=\~:....
.....:~\=$          ..#$ AN ANECDOTE $#..           $=\~:.....
......:~\=                                          =\~:......
.......:~\ TODAY IT RAINED, AND I  WOULD GO OUTSIDE \~:.......
........:~ I THOUGHT, SO I  SMOKED  A PIPE AND  GOT ~:........
.........: DRESSED,  AND   OUTSIDE  THE   RAIN  HAD :.........
.......... TURNED INTO  SNOW  SO THICK THAT  IT WAS ..........
.......... AS DENSE FOG ... AND THEN  I WENT TO GET ..........
.......... THE  MAIL, BUT  THERE WAS A WOMAN AND WE ..........
.......... TALKED A LITTLE. NOW BECAUSE I WAS  HIGH ..........
.......... AND IT WAS  SNOWING SO FUNNY  AND  I HAD ..........
.........: AN UMBRELLA AGAINST  THE SNOW, BUT  SNOW :.........
........:~ ALL OVER MY  FACE ANYWAY, AND I WONDERED ~:........
.......:~\        ABOUT MYSELF, AND MY LIFE         \~:.......
......:~\=                                          =\~:......
.....:~\=$                                          $=\~:.....
....:~\=$£                                          £$=\~:....
...:~\=$£#                                          #£$=\~:...
..:~\=$£#@                                          @#£$=\~:..