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