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