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