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