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