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