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