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