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