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