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