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