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