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