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