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