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