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