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