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