rain from the skies, the most important feature, my favourite part

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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 ,,,,,,,:=^
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