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