..........                                          ..........
.........:                                          :.........
........:-                                          -:........
.......:-=                                          =-:.......
......:-=†                                          †=-:......
.....:-=†$                                          $†=-:.....
....:-=†$¤          ..#$ 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        ..........
..........                                          ..........
..........                                          ..........
..........                                          ..........
..........                                          ..........
..........                                          ..........