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