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