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