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