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