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