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