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