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