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