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