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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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