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