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