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