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