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