AN ANECDOTE            
                                          
 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