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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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