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