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