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