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