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