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