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