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