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