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