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