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