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