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