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