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