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