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