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