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