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