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