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