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