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