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