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