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