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