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