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