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