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