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