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