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