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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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