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