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