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