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