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