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