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