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