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