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