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