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