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