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