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