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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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