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