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