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