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