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