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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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