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