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