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