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