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