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