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